The Impeachment Inquiry “Witness” List
The people on this list are powerful and influential in
their roles. They operate with a great deal of autonomy and are loyal to the Ambassador
Core. Presidents and Secretary of States come and go. However, they are the
permanent structure of U.S. Foreign Policy. What one does not do to powerful
and influential people is make them appear or disrupt their power and
influence. Trump did exactly that.
Some on this list were openly hostile about the actions
taken in the Ukraine and spoke with that tenor. They all claimed to be
unbiased, but immediately contradicted themselves during the hearings!
William Brockenbrough Taylor Jr., (born September 14,
1947) is an American diplomat, government official, former
soldier, and, as of November 2019, the acting United States ambassador to
Ukraine.
George P. Kent is an American diplomat serving as Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs since
September 4, 2018.
Marie Louise "Masha" Yovanovitch is an
American diplomat and member of the senior ranks of the United
States Foreign Service.
Jennifer Williams is an American United States
Department of State official who has served as a special advisor to
U.S. vice president Mike Pence on European and Russian affairs
Alexander Semyon Vindman is a United States
Army lieutenant colonel who serves as the Director for European Affairs
for the United States National Security Council (NSC).
Kurt Douglas Volker is an American diplomat
who served as the U.S. Ambassador to NATO.
Timothy Aaron Morrison is an American
Republican political adviser. He was briefly the top U.S. adviser to
President Trump on Russia and Europe.
Gordon David Sondland is an American diplomat
and businessperson. He is the United States Ambassador to the European Union.
Laura Katherine Cooper is an American civil servant.
She is Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and
Eurasian affairs in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Policy, and a career member of the Senior Executive Service.
David Maclain Hale is a United States diplomat
and career foreign service officer, currently serving as the United
States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
Fiona Hill is
a British-born American foreign affairs specialist. She is a
former official at the National Security Council specializing in Soviet,
Russian, and European affairs.
