![]() YOVANOVITCH: And I thought, boy, if that's what we've come to, that I have to defend myself, I just didn't see how I was going to be able to survive in the job. Yovanovitch told me when she asked the State Department to back her up, she was told to put out her own statement pledging loyalty to then-President Trump. That summons came amidst a coordinated effort to smear the ambassador. KELLY: Marie Yovanovitch testifying during impeachment proceedings about why she was called home. ![]() MARIE YOVANOVITCH: They were concerned about my security, and I needed to come home right away. That is because the last Senate-confirmed ambassador to Ukraine got a call from Washington spring of 2019 telling her, come home. The job has been filled in an acting capacity for three years now. ![]() ![]() It's a strange thing, amid all the urgent efforts to end the war in Ukraine, all the frantic diplomacy underway, to recall that the U.S. ![]()
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