mike bens john mccain's original source for the christopher steel dos documents was a guy named david kramer, is a former employee of the state department who made regular appearances at events organized by that usa. i. d funded ukraine crisis media center after the euro. my don qu, in 2014. and so it's a very humbling experience for me to be back here. and to see this 1st hand freedom house has been very dedicated to providing support to ukraine. the kremlin propaganda is trying to paint everything that happened in ukraine is being caused by fascist, in extremis. before you are on my don kramer worked at another state department funded and g o called freedom house, which russia has specifically flagged as a vehicle of american foreign policy interest. as far back as 2004 and 2 main stream politicians were raising their eyebrows at freedom house and just how much money was going to ukraine through the organization. how did this one sided us funding and ukraine come about? while i'm afraid we may have seen only the tip of the iceberg. one part that we do know thus far is that the us governmen

mike then john mccain's original source for the christopher steel dos documents was a guy named david kramer. he's a former employee of the state department who made regular appearances at events organized by that usa. i. d funded ukraine crisis media center after the euro. my don qu in 2014. this is my 1st return to ukraine and to be yours. sorry to say i have not been back sooner. and it's my 1st time to see outside here of the hotel. still the, the impressive remains of the protests and the symbols of the sacrifices as so many people made for a better ukraine. and so it's a very humbling experience for me to be back here and to see this 1st hand freedom house has been very dictated to providing support to ukraine in areas of anti corruption, as well as press freedom. and we do programming here working with journalists, working with civil society that we think is very important to the future of your country. we also have taken a very strong position in support of ukraine by calling for tougher sanctions against the prudent regime. and also for providing the necessary means for ukraine to d