return to lead the us embassy in kiev as charged affair. mr george kent currently serves as deputy assistant secretary in the department of state 's bureau of european and eurasian affairs, overseeing policy towards ukraine in other countries. he has served twice in ukraine from 2000 and 42,007. he was the deputy political counsel including during the orange revolution, and from 2015 to 2018, he served as deputy chief of mission in care. sincejoining he served as deputy chief of mission in care. since joining the foreign service in 1992 mr kent has served in poland, uzbekistan and thailand. he also served as the senior anti—corruption coordinator to strengthen the rule of law. all witness depositions, as part of this enquiry, were unclassified in nature and all hearings will also be at the unclassified level. any information that may touch on classified information will be addressed separately. congress will not tolerate any reprisal, threat of reprisal or attempt to retaliate against...