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House to Hear From 9 Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Inquiry

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   The U.S. House of Representatives holds its second week of public
   hearings on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump with
   testimony by nine aides and officials, including the top diplomat to
   the European Union, Tuesday through Thursday.

   Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and Lt. Col.
   Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council's top Ukraine expert,
   are set to testify Tuesday morning, followed by former U.S. Special
   Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and another former NSC official Tim
   Morrison Tuesday afternoon.

   U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland is set to testify Wednesday
   morning, followed by career Pentagon official Laura Cooper and
   Undersecretary of State David Hale Wednesday afternoon. Former White
   House adviser Fiona Hill and career foreign service officer David
   Holmes are to testify Thursday.

   All nine have testified previously in closed-door hearings about
   Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival,
   former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, who had served as
   a board member of a Ukraine natural gas company, and probe a
   discredited conspiracy theory regarding the 2016 president election.
   Three of the nine listened in on the July 25 phone conversation between
   Trump and Ukraine's president.

   Democrats hope the hearings will sway public opinion in favor of
   impeachment. Republicans have used them to discredit the impeachment
   proceedings and poke holes in the witnesses' testimony.

   Here is what you need to know about the nine witnesses and their role
   in the Ukraine affair.

   Alexander Vindman

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