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Now playing Next USA 5 things we learned from Marie Yovanovitch's impeachment testimony There weren't any surprises. But Yovanovitch may have helped Democrats paint a bigger picture surrounding the White House's dealings in Ukraine. 15/11/2019
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Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Trump staffers have a choice: Loyalty and maybe prison, or betrayal and derision ǀ View The emerging strategy of House Republicans to argue that WH advisers went rogue — without the authorization of Donald Trump — to press Ukraine to provide dirt on a political opponent puts Mick Mulvaney, John Eisenberg, Rudy Giuliani and others in a precarious and even life-changing dilemma. 12/11/2019
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