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  • AP sources: Trump allies pressed Ukraine over gas firm

    10/06/2019 6:12:11 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 40 replies
    AP ^ | 10/06/19 | DESMOND BUTLER, MICHAEL BIESECKER and RICHARD LARDNER
    As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump’s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic. Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to Giuliani and Trump while trying to install new management at the top of Ukraine’s massive state gas company. Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies, according to two people with knowledge of their plans. Their plan hit a...
  • Official unsure of where Iran's enriched uranium is stored

    02/11/2016 3:09:54 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 10 replies
    ap ^ | 02/11/2016 | richard lardner
    A State Department official told lawmakers Thursday he was unsure of the precise location of tons of low-enriched uranium shipped out of Iran on a Russian vessel as part of the landmark nuclear agreement. Ambassador Stephen Mull, the lead U.S. official overseeing the deal's implementation, said during testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the stockpile is a Russian custody issue. He said the U.S. is confident the material will be controlled properly. "We obviously have had many differences for many years with Russia," Mull said. "But one of the features of our relationship is pretty close cooperation and...