Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. US Diplomats Drafted Statement Obligating Ukraine to Investigate Biden, Others, NYT Reports VOA News Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb contributed to this report. Two of President Donald Trump's top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement in August committing that country to open an investigation involving Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, The New York Times reports. The statement was drawn up by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland and former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, the newspaper reported Thursday. .