Former National Security Council official Dr. Fiona Hill testified on Thursday that President Barack Obama had ignored the “inter-agency consensus” on sending weapons to Ukraine for “political” reasons.
Under questioning from Republicans, Hill admitted that she herself had been against giving weapons to Ukraine to help it fight Russian invasion, and that she had written an op-ed in the Washington Post expressing those views.
She also said that the “inter-agency consensus” had actually been in favor of arming the Ukrainians; she herself was not in government service at the time, but working at the liberal Brookings Institution think tank.
Hill noted that President Obama had ignored the “inter-agency consensus” for what she called “political” reasons. She explained that Obama was concerned that arming the Ukrainians could provoke the Russians.
On Tuesday, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who worked for Hill and remains at the National Security Council, testified that President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily withhold aid from Ukraine went against the “inter-agency consensus” on Ukraine, though he also acknowledged that Trump had armed Ukraine while Obama had not.
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it was all because Obama was sucking up to Putin trying to get his Iran deal. Remember the tarmac money drop? Remember Obama telling Vladie that i will have more flexability after the 2012 elections. He threw the Ukraine under the bus to get that Iran deal. All the Russian meddling was on behalf of the Obama administration, Not Trump nor his campaign. It was to get that Iranian deal.
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