WASHINGTON — The No. 2 official at the State Department faced off on Oct. 30 with senators demanding to know why he didn’t know more about the Trump administration’s backchannel diplomacy with Ukraine and the dismissal of the former U.S. ambassador to Kyiv, issues now at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into the president.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 16, 2018 US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan speaks to the press prior to talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the State Department in Washington, DC.
