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triron

(21,916 posts)
10. Plus there is already circumstantial evidence Pence was in on it (and still is). Actually since 2016
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:46 AM
Nov 2019

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
15. Pence will not be able to serve as the last firewall...
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:53 PM
Nov 2019

...if he gets impeached and removed too.

He's in up to his eyeballs, based on the testimony and evidence we've been seeing lately.

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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
6. So, she was going through the House security system and a guard ran his hands up and down her.
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:38 AM
Nov 2019

She had a big flirty smile on her face while he was doing this. News has shown that scene over and over today.

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
4. Good for her! Whatever her testimony is,
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:34 AM
Nov 2019

she had the guts to defy the administration and talk to the committee. Brava!

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
8. I have bigly expectations of Ms. Williams - she's got 13+ years in the Dept of State...
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:39 AM
Nov 2019

From LinkedIn:

Foreign Service Officer
U.S. Department of State
Mar 2006 – Present13 years 9 months
Special Advisor for Europe and Russia, Office of the Vice President (April 2019-present)

Press Officer and Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy, London, UK (July 2016-March 2019)

Graduate student, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Master of Public Policy program (July 2015-May 2016)

Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (July 2014-July 2015)

Senior Syria Program Officer in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) in Washington, D.C. (July 2013-June 2014)

Refugee Program Officer in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) in Washington, D.C. (July 2011 - June 2013)

Assistant Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon (June 2009 - 2011)

Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassy, Kingston, Jamaica (July 2006 - June 2008)
Special Advisor for Europe and Russia, Office of the Vice President (April 2019-present)

Press Officer and Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy, London, UK (July 2016-March 2019)

Graduate student, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Master of Public Policy program (July 2015-May 2016)

Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (July 2014-July 2015)

Senior Syria Program Officer in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) in Washington, D.C. (July 2013-June 2014)

Refugee Program Officer in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) in Washington, D.C. (July 2011 - June 2013)

Assistant Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon (June 2009 - 2011)

Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassy, Kingston, Jamaica (July 2006 - June 2008)

BRING IT ON HOME, MS. WILLIAMS

Response to Leghorn21 (Reply #8)

SKKY

(11,773 posts)
9. Are we sure she won't just defend Pence to the bitter end?
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:43 AM
Nov 2019

Saying she has no knowledge of VP Pence's involvement. My Occam's Razor tells me that is the most likely scenario.

awesomerwb1

(4,256 posts)
11. Don't get your collective hopes up
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:48 AM
Nov 2019

She looks ready to take one for the bosses. (Yes, I'm cynical by nature and these are republicans we're talking about).

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