sandy. why did duffey a a political appointee with no relevant experience in this area take over responsibility for ukraine funding approval? was the white house involved in that decision? was sandy removed because had expressed concerns about the legality of the hold? by august seventh, people in our government were worried. when people in the government did worried, sometimes what they do is they draft memos because when they're concerned about getting up caught up in somethg that doesn't seem right, they don't want to be a part of it. so on that day marks and and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about ukraine military aid to acting director vought. according to steady sandy the o advocated for the release of the funds. it said the military aid was consistent with american national security interests and it would help to oppose russian aggression and it was backed by strong bipartisan support. but president trump did not lift the hold. over the next several weeks omb continu

sandy was given no reason other than that mr. duffy wanted to be quote more involved in daily operations. ". during his deposition, sandy confirmed that he was removed from the funding approval process after he had raised concerns duffy about whether the hole was legal under the empowerment act. .-ellipsis .-ellipsis .-ellipsis was sandy removed because he expressed. [inaudible] by august 7 people in our government were worried. and when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do as they draft memos. because when they are concerned about getting caught up in something that does not seem right, they do not want to be a part of it. so on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about aid. according to sandy, the memo advocated for the release of the funds. it said that the military aide was consistent with american national security interest, it would help to oppose russian and russian. it was backed by strong bipartisan support. but president trump did not lift the hold. over the n

removed sandy from responsibility for ukraine military aid. instead duffey took over responsibility for withholding the aid himself. he was a political appointee. he had no relevant experience. he had no demonstration of interests in such matters. his last job had been as a state-level republican party official. he's the one who took over responsibility for withholding the aid? he gave no credible explanation for his decision. he only said that he wanted to become "more involved in daily operations." sandy, who has decades of experience, testified that nothing like this had ever happened in his career. his boss, a political appointee, just happened to have a sudden interest in being more hands on and was now laser focused exclusively on ukraine. the senate should ask duffey why he took over the handling of the ukraine military aid. was he directed to? why was sandy removed from his responsibility over ukraine aid? was it because he expressed concerns about the legality of the freeze? these questions are those that duffey would be able to answe

sandy. why did duffy, a political appointee with no relevant experience in this area take over responsibility for ukraine funding approval. i was the white house involved in that decision? was sandy removed because he had expressed concerns about the legality of the hold? by august 7th, people in our government were worried.

sandy's description of the e-mail as well as testimony from other witnesses. the hold was not part of a larger review of foreign aid. we do know it was not the result of a policy debate about what was best for america since it came out of the blue. we now know why it was done, to turn the screws on ukraine to provide political help for the president. the hold was immediately suspect simply because of its timing. duffy later asked blaire about the reasons for the hold. he gave no explanation. instead he said, quote, we need to let the hold take place and then revisit the issue with the president. blair either didn't know the reason or wouldn't share the reason because it was corrupt. it would be nice to know what blair knew and what duffy knew. we could ask them the question if you authorize a subpoena. now, we had hoped, as we said, that the senate would authorize subpoenas before our arguments were made. we thought it would have been helpful. but we know that you will have another opportunity to call witnesses to require documents and we hope that your decisi

this was only weeks after sandy had raised questions about the legality of the president's hold. duffey also revoked the authority for approving the release of the state department funding from sandy's colic at omb caricature, duffey approved approval authority for all 391 million of the assistance. over the next several weeks with a duffey in charge omb continuee to issue funding documents that kept kicking the can down the road. supposedly to allow for an interagency process. and remember, and interagency process had already wrapped up back in july. while inserting the whole time footnotes throughout the in portion but documents stating that the delay would not affect the program, and yet concerns continued to be relayed within dod that it had. in total omb issued nine of these documents between july 25 and september 10. even as omb was ultimately the president's hold, facials inside omb advocated for the release of the funds. on august 7 omb staff sent a memo to director thought that the director bought, , supportig the stable peaceful europe, two, the fact the aid counted rus

according to mark sandy and other witnesses, several facts emerged. first, the agencies learned that the president himself had directed the hold through omb. second, no justification or explanation was provided for the hold. despite repeated questions. third, accept for omb all agencies were supported military aid because it was in the national security interest of the united states. and fourth, many were concerned that the hold was outright illegal. ambassador taylor learned of the hold on july 18th. he said, quote, the directive had come from the president to chief of staff at omb and quote sat in astonishment because a key pillar of the support of ukraine was threatened. david hole ms at the embassy in kiev testified that he was shocked by the hold. although there was an initial -- there was initially a question of whether it applied to dod funds already cleared by congress it soon became clear that the hold applied to all 391 million. tim morrison testified that dod officials raised concerns at a meeting on july 23rd about whether it was, quote, a

so sandy, she has a lease. they raise the rent 3 times in 18 months. they also, a feature of these companies, they push all the maintenance on to a tenant. they say the plumbing first, that is up to you. the window cracks, that is up to you so not only are you paying more in rent but you have to fix things when they break. homeowners building up equity but how in the world would you ever have enough money to get back into home ownership? that makes them home records, not just that they foreclose on you and take your house but also keep you out. >> was there anything as you were writing the book that surprised you? you've done this reporting, given so much of the story that wasn't new, was there anything when you thought about it or discovered it, it was worse than i thought or i never knew that? >> the thing that surprised me most was how many people foresaw all this, want about it and were not listened to. learning the extent to which this was predicted by smart people in 2008 and they went not only to the current president george w. bush about also n

removed sandy from responsibility for ukraine military aid. instead, duffey took over responsibility for withholding the aid himself. he was a political appointee. he had no relevant experience. he had no demonstration of interest in such matters. his last job had been as a state-level republican party official. he's the one who took over responsibility for withholding the aid? he gave no credible explanation for his decision. he only said that he wanted to become, quote, more involved in daily operations. sandy, who has decades of experience, testified that nothing like this had ever happened in his career. his boss, a political appointee, just happened to have a sudden interest in being more hands-on and was now laser focused exclusively on ukraine. the senate should ask duffey why he took over the handling of the ukraine military aid. was he directed to? why was sandy removed from his responsibility over ukraine aid? was it because he expressed concerns about the legal hit of the freeze? these questions are those that duffey would be able t

sandi walking out othferha t ne saying her good-byes. >> aw, bye baby!etting a boost in the car on her way to her new home. three days in, she's getting used to that doggie door and a game of tug-of-war. sandi, a little tired, loves that new blanket, and not surprisingly is ready for a nap. her story gaining attention tonight, as donations from across the country have come pouring in to help the shelter where she once lived. >> she just brightens your day and nothing but unconditional love and that's all she wants from you is love. >> best story ever. the most

according to mark sandy and other witnesses several facts emerged.first, the agencies learned that the president himself had directed the hold through omb. second, no justification or explanation was provided for the hold despite repeated questions. third, except for omb all agencies that supported the military because it is in the national security interest of the united states. and fourth, many were concerned that the hold is outright illegal. ambassador taylor learned of the hold on july 1830 said quote that attract it had come from the president to the chief of staff of omb and p. quote said in astonishment because one of the key pillars of our strong support for ukraine. david holmes a u.s. embassy in kyiv testified he was shocked by the hold. although there was initial, initially some question as to where the hold applied to dod funds which was cleared by congress it's in became clear that the hold apply to all 391 million. van morrison testified dod officials raised concerns at a meeting on july 23 about whether it was quote actually legally p

according to mark sandy and other witnesses several facts emerged. first, the agencies learned that the president himself had directed the hold through omb. second, no justification or explanation was provided for the hold despite repeated questions. third, except for omb all agencies that supported the military because it is in the national security interest of the united states. and fourth, many were concerned that the hold is outright illegal. ambassador taylor learned of the hold on july 1830 said quote that attract it had come from the president to the chief of staff of omb and p. quote said in astonishment because one of the key pillars of our strong support for ukraine. david holmes a u.s. embassy in kyiv testified he was shocked by the hold. although there was initial, initially some question as to where the hold applied to dod funds which was cleared by congress it's in became clear that the hold apply to all 391 million. van morrison testified dod officials raised concerns at a meeting on july 23 about whether it was quote actually legally

erin and carrie rhodes, of marion, indiana, saw sandi nearly a dozen times.ent home, they couldn't stop thinking about her. >> we went down and met her and just couldn't stop thinking about her and how long she had been there and just seemed so loving and just needed a home. >> reporter: sandi at the shelter longer than any employee. and then, the day came. sandi walking out of that shelter with her new owners. there were the good-byes. >> bye, baby! >> reporter: getting a boost in the car. finally on her way home. three days in, she's getting used to that doggie door and a game of tug of war. sandi, a little tired, loves that new blanket, and not surprisingly is ready for a nap. her story gaining attention tonight, as donations from across the country have been pouring in to help the shelter where she once lived. >> she just brightens your day and nothing but unconditional love and that's all she wants from you is love. >> best story ever. the most deserving dog. >>> thousands of gallons of wine spill into the russian river. the investigation happening right

sandy was given no reason other than that mr.uffy wanted to be quote more involved in daily operations. ". during his deposition, sandy confirmed that he was removed from the funding approval process after he had raised concerns duffy about whether the hole was legal under the empowerment act. .-ellipsis .-ellipsis .-ellipsis was sandy removed because he expressed. [inaudible] by august 7 people in our government were worried. and when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do as they draft memos. because when they are concerned about getting caught up in something that does not seem right, they do not want to be a part of it. so on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about aid. according to sandy, the memo advocated for the release of the funds. it said that the military aide was consistent with american national security interest, it would help to oppose russian and russian. it was backed by strong bipartisan support. but president trump did not lift the hold. over the nex

sandy is a 12-year-old pitbull/boxer mix. served as her home for more than 6 1/2 years. >> wow. a local couple decided to give sandy a permanent home. she left wearing a little red crown and with lots of love from the staff. what a wonderful story. >> sandy outlasted a number of employees at the shelter. >> aww. >> her new parents? they lost their dog and couldn't stop thinking about sandy after meeting her, and we see those images of sandy, and i say, i'm surprised no one scooped her up sooner. but maybe -- they always say, with these shelters and foster animals waiting to be adopted, they're waiting for the right family. so sandy got her family, right family. >>> coming up, tom brady and what patriots owner robert kraft is saying about his possible retirement. >>> and later, the three top "jeopardy!" champs about to square off in primetime. >>> later in "the skinny" -- >> kenneth, elizabeth, jack, copilot, analyst, here in the cockpit of drama flight 666. i just turned off the fasten seat belt sign, feel free to roam about

the duffey explanation just didn't make sense to sandy. really this on the chain and responsibility was just another way to keep the president illegal hold with any tightknit unit of loyal soldiers within the omb. michael duffey defied the house of subpoena at the president's direction he refused to appear. now, the house of the not assert any privileges or immunities when it directed duffey to defy congress's subpoena. it wasn't a real exercise of executive privilege. they told him not to appear and added no reason why. if mr. duffey knew about any legitimate reason for the hold, i bet he wouldn't have been walked from testifying. the fact that he was blocked by his lead you to enter that his testimony would be damaging to the president and would be consistent with the testimony of the other witnesses that the hold was solely used to ratchet up pressure on ukraine. but the warning from dod were not just about how the hold was illegal. there were also practical consequences. by august 12, the department of defense id could no longer guaran

sandy. why did duffey, a political appointee with no relevant experience in this area take over responsibility for ukraine funding approval. was the white house involved in that decision? was sandy removed because he had expressed concerns about the legality of the hold? by august 7th, people in our

fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers alexander vershbow i know i mean sandy was the deputy secretary general of nato until 2016 and before that the u.s. ambassador to the alliance he's now at the atlantic council heather conley was a u.s. state department official working on europe and is currently director of the europe program at the center for strategic and international studies and finally now gardner is a foreign policy analyst at the heritage foundation and former aide to lady margaret thatcher in the united kingdom welcome all thank you very much for being here but before we start lest you think donald trump made a statement about nato in the middle east on a whim the next day he followed up with this exchange and i actually had a name. nato and then you have the middle east you know they told me i said what a beautiful name nato member good name straight u.s.m.c. and like the song y.m.c.a. everybody nobody could remember us m.c.s. it think of the song y.m.c.a. now everybody says it they don't remember the previous name of a big deal. commonly known as

sandy. why did duffey, a political appointee with no relevant experience in this area take over responsibility for ukraine funding approval. was the white house involved in that decision? was sandy removed because he had expressed concerns about the legality of the hold? by august 7th, people in our government were worried. and when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do is they draft memos because when they're concerned about getting caught up in something that doesn't seem right, they don't want to be a part of it. so on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about ukraine military aid to acting director vought. according to sandy, the memo advocated for the release of the funds. it said that the military aid was consistent with american national security interests. it would help to oppose russian aggression and it was backed by strong bipartisan support. but president trump did not lift the hold. over the next several weeks, omb cont

sandy. why did duffy, a political appointee with no relevant experience in this area, take over responsibility for ukraine funding approval? was the white house involved in that decision? was sandy removed because he had expressed concerned about the legality of the hold? by august 7th, people in our government were worried. when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do is they draft memos. because when they're concerned about getting caught up in something that doesn't seem right, they don't want to be a part of it. so, on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about ukraine military aid to acting director vaughn. according to sandy, the memo advocated for the release of the funds. it said that the military aid was consistent with american national security interests, it would help to oppose russian aggression, and it was backed by strong bipartisan support. but president trump did not lift the hold. over the next several weeks, omb cont

sandy testified that nothing like that had ever happened in his entire governmental career. let's think about that. if this is as routine as the president claims, why is a career official saying he's never seen anything like this happen before. mr. duffey knowsouldn't we just to ask him? the american people deserve a far trial. the constitution deserves a fair trial. the president deserves a fair trial. a fair trial means witnesses, a fair trial means documents, a fair trial means evidence. no one is above the law. and i yield to my distinguished colleague, manager lofgren. >> mr. chief justice and senators, it's to the just about hearing from witnesses. you need documents. the documents don't lie. there are specific documents relevant to this impeachment trial in the custody of the white house, omb, d.o.d., and the state department and the president has hidden them from us. i'm not through each category again in detail, but here are some observations. this is, of course, an impeachment case against the president of the united states. nothing could be more important. and the

sandy testified that in early september he received an email from duffey, quote, that attributed the hold to the president's concern about other countries not contributing more to ukraine. again, after months of scrambling this was the first time any reason had been provided for the hold and according to sandy it was also only in early september, again after the white house led the whistle-blower complaint and the hold became public that the white house requested data from omb on other countries' assistance to ukraine. so let's recap why we know the concern about burden sharing was bogus. first, for months no reason was given to the very people executing the military aid. who had been actively searching for answers about why the aid was being held. second, remember the supposed interagency process performed by omb. well, it was fake. and third, after the hold went public and the white house became aware of the whistle-blower they started scrambling to develop another excuse. public reports confirm this. on november 24th news report for instance revealed that in september mr. cipollon

the bay was already at record fi level prior to sandy arriving.ind goes south, all that water comes roaring up the back base of new jersey and we see something we hadn't seen in recorded history. we saw epic flooding along the back base. which we had filled since 1962 with 300,000 houses along the base. then we were surprised that we saw $38 billion worth of damage. let me cut to the chase, this is streally a story about land use. the biggest problems we have in that scene in the last two decades with all due respect to the wildfires in california, to the occasional earthquake or tornadoes, is hurricanes. and water piling up the coast. this is the proverbial canary in the coal mine. sandy did $38 million, since 2000 alone we have seen over $725 billion of damage along the atlantic and gulf coast. probably closer to $850 billion today after the last couple years. we saw $300 billion worth of damage just in 2017 alone. which included harvey in houston which was a new kind of storm in a hurricane that slows down as it hits the coast for whatever reas

packed with famous faces and a few not so familiar, like the acclaimed british costume designer sandytreep, and could add a fourth in little over a week for her work on martin scorsese‘s the irishman. this was worn by stephen graham in the irishman, and funnily enough is the most talked about costume in the film. people really like it. i mean, it‘s because it comes from such a great scene, where tony pro, the character, is late for a meeting with jimmy hoffa, played by al pacino. and there ensues a row, and then an actual fight on the floor. but what it does, of course, and what you have done with it, is it communicates so much of the character‘s personality. yeah, it‘s a kind of arrogance of the character — sort of not bothering to dress properly for a business meeting. for her deep wisdom in knowing where to draw the line in holding our country together. last year, she won a bafta for her work on the favourite, dressing the actors of the late stuart court of queen anne. all in a day‘s work for a designer with an impressive range. judi dench, shakespeare in love. ewan mcgregor, velve

sandy. why did duffy, a political appointee with no relevant experience in this area take over responsibility for ukraine funding approval. i was the white house involved in that decision? was sandy removed because he had expressed concerns about the legality of the hold? by august 7th, people in our government were worried. when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do is they draft memos. because when they are concerned about getting caught up in something that doesn't seem right, they don't want to be a part of it. on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about ukraine military aid to acting director it advocated for the release of the funds and said that military aid was consistent with national security interests, it would help oppose russian aggression and was backed by strong bipartisan support. president trump did not lift the hold. over the next several weeks, they continued to issue documents that kept kicking the can down the

shakespeare in love, gangs of new york, the favourite — british costume designer sandy powell has won the irishman. and this evening she‘s being honoured with the top award for excellence in film by uk film critics. our arts editor, will gompertz, has been to meet her. the oscar nominees class photo 2020. packed with famous faces and a few not so familiar, like the acclaimed british costume designer sandy powell. a multiple nominee over the years, who has won as many oscars as meryl streep, and can add a fourth in little over a week thanks to her work on martin scorsese‘s the irishman. this was worn by stephen graham in the irishman. and, funnily enough, is the most talked about costume in the film. people really like it. i mean, it‘s because it comes from such a great scene, where tony pro, the character, is late for a meeting with jimmy hoffa, played by al pacino. and there ensues a row, and an actual fight on the floor. but what it does, of course, and what you have done with it, is it communicates so much of the character‘s personality. yeah, it‘s a kind of arrogance of the charac

sandi toksvig is off, but i'm sure the bake off will continue. lovely to see you both.pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, sam lister and grace blakeley. goodbye. hello. i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. saracens are facing relegation from the premiership if they are found to have breached the salary cap again. the defending champions received a 35—point deduction and a £5.3 million fine in november, having broken the cap for the past three seasons. however, there is widespread belief they will once more struggle to get under the £7 million limit this season. here's our rugby union correspondent chris jones. the full extent of saracen breaches over the past few seasons is starting to emerge, because more and more directors and chief executives are seeing this confidential or, 103 or 104 page report that is locked away in premiership rugby headquarters and it details the fact that the breac

sandy would sign. the white house needed to make sure the aid remained frozen while they kept up their pressure campaign on president zelensky but o.m.b. career officials were becoming uneasy about the freeze and the illegality of using apportionments to create secret impoundments. in an unprecedented move, mr. sandy was stripped of his authority to oversee the management of ewe crabe aid and the apportionment authority was transfered to president trump's political appointee mr. duffy. remember that leaked letter apportionment that raised red flags? when that apportionment leaked in early august, congress still didn't know about the plot to with hold ukraine aid. here we have 15 state and u.s. i.d. a-- usaid accounts on hold, funds for, you guessed it, ukraine. on top of that this apportionment is the first one with mr. duffy's signature. august was a busy time for mr. duffy. one who had never before signed apportionment documents started signing all the apportionment documents in both the national sec

maybe people will like it and i'll do it for sandy and it got like 80,000 people or something, whichknow, he does -- he does this movie -- this "john wick" movie. >> jimmy: yes. >> and he's popping up everywhere, like rabbits breeding everywhere i look there's suddenly - [ laughter ] but -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: rabbits breeding >> he's a really nice guy. >> jimmy: let's talk about "year of the monkey. what made you write this memoir >> well, i write all the time. >> jimmy: yeah, sure >> actually it was, as i said, my friend sandy and i were supposed to travel after we played at the fillmore my band, we played at the fillmore we were going to travel around california he's my pal. i've known him for years and he a bad accident and he was unable to travel actually, was in the hospital. so, i was on my own and then i just decided to stay on my own and roam around and i was writing and the book evolved and you know, i had two great friends, sam shepard and sandy who were struggling throughout the book and both of them -- lost both of them. so, you know, fielding this and also i was turn

the duffey explanation just didn't make sense to sandy. really this on the chain and responsibility was just another way to keep the president illegal hold with any tightknit unit of loyal soldiers within the omb. michael duffey defied the house of subpoena at the president's direction he refused to appear. now, the house of the not assert any privileges or immunities when it directed duffey to defy congress's subpoena. it wasn't a real exercise of executive privilege. they told him not to appear and added no reason why. if mr. duffey knew about any legitimate reason for the hold, i bet he wouldn't have been walked from testifying. the fact that he was blocked by his lead you to enter that his testimony would be damaging to the president and would be consistent with the testimony of the other witnesses that the hold was solely used to ratchet up pressure on ukraine. but the warning from dod were not just about how the hold was illegal. there were also practical consequences. by august 12, the department of defense id could no longer guaran

mark sandy of the omb also confirmed that. ambassador taylor testified that "i was not told the reason why the hold had been lifted ." let me take a moment to address another defense i expect you will hear. the aide was released and the investigations were never announced so therefore no harm, no foul. right? this defense would be laughable if this issue was not so serious first i have spoken over the past three days about the real consequences of asserting politics in the matters of war. real people, real lives are at stake. every day, every hour matters. so, no, the delay was not meaningless. just ask the ukrainians sitting in trenches right now. to this day they are still waiting on $18 million of aid that has not reached them. jennifer williams who attended the warsaw meeting with vice president hence described president volodymyr zelensky focus during this time. >> you testified in your deposition that in that conversation, president volodymyr zelensky emphasized that the military assistance, the security assistance, was

so much more than sandy ♪ >> of course, we love her too.snl." >> great to be here for a number of reasons. people think, poor old betty white. she doesn't know what she's saying. oh, yes, you do. >> reporter: happy birthday, betty white. and so we choose betty white, a treasure. i'm david muir. good night. ere areo wordss e a bab it tk out safely. >>> an avalanche has taken the life of a skier. the resort where it happened no stranger to these natural disasters. >>> you did do that? >> yeah. >> why? >> it was personal. >> a pastor talks about why he was arrested for making criminal threats against his former church. >>> that breaking news is here. the scene of a fatal hit and run. you can see there where it is. police found a woman in the street a couple of hours ago. >> it happened right in front of the middle school. police say they received several 911 calls today. witnesses told them the car that hit the woman is a newer model white nissan. we'll follow this story on air and online. >>> good evening. >> a skier is dead after an avalanch

so there are certain things in terms of gun regulations that we can do to prevent atrocities like sandy hook and parkland that aren't going to affect chicago at all so when we're talking about these high capacity weapons for instance weapons of war as i would describe them and as many other democrats with describe them i don't think that those belong in the hands of everyday citizens those are not weapons that are used for hunting those are not weapons they're used for for you know your entertainment purposes in terms of you know collections and things like that those are weapons that have mass destructive properties so if we are able to eradicate those i think that we would haue certain situations diminish that doesn't affect chicago in chicago the majority of the gun violence is done by handguns so i think that in a city like chicago that in a state like illinois which is my home state chicago is my hometown we have some of the strongest gun regulations in the country what we do not have is our nearby states who also incorporate those same types of laws in chicago the majority of the

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and michael duffy asked career official mark sandy about the footnote in sandy's response, and he askedopied on the email to the department of defense which seems to be a reference to the next step in freezing these funds which is notifying the defense department. and you can see this really b bio of mark sandy. we heard from him during the house hearings. while all of this was happening we're also getting word that lawmakers on capitol hill were getting very concerned about this. we had previously known that senator rob portman was very vocal, expressing concern about the hold-up. but now with some of these newly revealed emails, we're also seeing other lawmakers, in particular the chief of staff for congressman mack thornberry. he's the top republican on the house armed services committee. that chief of staff actually emailed an omb official on august 22nd asking about the hold-up and he wrote this. he said, i heard today that omb has put a pause on expending funds authorized for ukraine security assistance. is there someone there that i can talk to understand why? so all of these lat

officials copying sandy. the email is in front of you. stated, quote, based on the guideness a i have received and in light of the assistance of the administration for ukraine, please hold off any of the obligationings of these funds pending direction from the process. given the sensitive nature of the request, i appreciate you keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute the direction. so in other words, don't tell anybody about it. so then the delayed funding document was delayed until august 5th, and sandy testified that this in subsequent footnotes was to preclude the obligation for a limited period of time and enable planning and casework to continue. sandy also testified that his use of the footnotes was unusual and that it is 12 years of omb experience he could quote not recall another event like it. on july 29th, duffy told sandy he would no longer be responsible for the release of the ukraine funding, and this is only weeks after sandy had raised questions of the legality of the president's hold. duf

the moral or link to exceptional stories and discussions on the news as easy and wow with sandy deputed comes next week out join us on facebook. for god. this is news africa coming up on the program unprecedented in the ass size on the outs with 10 children destroyed everything in the pop. of locos ravaging the east african sub and threatening to foot security of millions of people also coming out just imagining do they went through this cycle to go through still thinking that it .

it occurred less than two weeks after sandy raised concerns that the hold violated the law. sandy was not aware of any prior instance when a political appointee assumed this kind of funding approval authority. duffey's explanation that he simply wanted to learn more about the accounts, that didn't make sense to sandy. really, this odd change in responsibility was just another way to keep the president's illegal hold within a tight-knit unit of loyal soldiers within the omb. michael duffey defied the house's subpoena. at the president's direction, he refused to appear. now, the house did not assert any privileges or immunities when it directed duffey to defy congress' subpoena. it wasn't a real exercise of executive privilege. they told him not to appear, and they had no reason why. if there duffey knew about any legitimate reason for the hold, i'll bet he would not have been blocked from testifying. the fact that he was blocked might lead you to infer that his testimony would be damaging to the president and would be consistent with the testimony of the other witnesses that

we all wanted to be sandy in her shiny spandex pantsand stiletto heels . but my friend group of four, i was always cast as the leading bad boy greaser. it was my destiny. i already knew the score and had come to embrace my role in the group, ask anyone who grew up as a fat girl if she ever got the female with thinner girly girls around. i would put money onanswer being no . this is probably also true for girls who work in were considered unattractive with their prettier friendswanted those roles . we didn't even discuss it, that's just how it was. someone had to be travolta and it was going to be me i was the biggest in the group so the most convincing guy. or maybe that meant i was the least convincing sandra the. we took our rolls from hollywood and did our best to divvy them and act them out in our child bodies. leading lady role, the feminine role, playing the one to whom men needed to be attracted, it was not for me . this is the most important lesson some girls learn early on, not everyone can try out for that part. you won't get. and you'll only hum

married to her, on one of his diplomatic missions to england, he took along a prostitute from new and, sandywhite, introduced her to the queen as a socialite. here was a man that was living a double standard. he was also famous not only for his faux pas in the battle of gettysburg where he lost a leg but for a famous trial in which he determined his wife was having an affair. the double standard took effect. he saw the man who was the son of francis scott key. he was a district of columbia lawyer. he saw the man outside of his house. pistols andber of shot the man a number of times. he was tried and he was found the defense of temporary insanity. in my mind, and i think many historians would agree, it was not necessarily that the 12 men on the jury understood the semblance of a psychological defense or condition. what they saw is they were 12 men that understood the marriage was invoked, it was in treated upon by this man. they probably made the plea that -- wouldn't you as well lose track of who you were and what you were doing? and what you have shot the man? and in fact, that is why those

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