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...Separately, Alexander Huang, a former deputy chair of the Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan’s cabinet-level China policy body, said there was a “crazy perception gap” that was “dangerous”....
...Along with Alexander Vindman, she was one of two officials with first-hand knowledge of the call to testify....
...The line-up of key witnesses includes Alexander Vindman, a top White House official who listened in to the July 25 phone call between Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart....
...Mr Sondland was one of three officials — alongside former Ukraine special envoy Kurt Volker and energy secretary Rick Perry — who dubbed themselves the “Three Amigos” after being enlisted by Mr Trump to...
...Alexander Vindman, a US army officer and recipient of the Purple Heart medal, joined the NSC last year, reporting to Fiona Hill, Mr Trump’s former top Russia adviser....
...In her gallery, Londoners were now faced with startling work by Max Ernst, Kurt Schwitters, Jean Cocteau, Alexander Calder, Brancusi, Wassily Kandinsky and more....
...He’s got it,” Mr Sondland wrote to two other US diplomats, Mr Taylor and Kurt Volker, in late July....
...Mr Trump asked Gordon Sondland, his EU ambassador, to help Mr Giuliani, along with Kurt Volker, then special envoy to Ukraine, and Rick Perry, energy secretary....
...Oval Office meeting for President Zelensky, which so irritated [National security adviser John] Bolton that he abruptly ended the meeting, telling [Fiona] Hill, [Trump’s former top Russia adviser,] and [Alexander...
...Kurt Volker, former US special envoy to Ukraine, told the inquiry he was unaware of links between military aid and investigations sought by the president....
...(FT) The day ahead Impeachment hearings resume Congress will hold four public impeachment hearings on Tuesday, including Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Alexander Vindman, a US army...
...It was one of the signature garments of the late Kurt Cobain, king of grunge, whose green cardigan from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance sold for $137,000 at auction in 2015....
...Kurt Volker, former US special envoy to Ukraine, said he was unaware of links between Ukraine military aid and investigations that Trump sought into his political rivals, describing himself as largely left...
...He has been filling the role since former chief Alexander Zakharchenko, a battle-hardened commander, died in a mysterious café explosion two months ago....
...There is actual cabaret music in the form of Kurt Weill’s “Lost In The Stars”, Phil Alexander’s accordion an extra voice....
...Alexander Ivakhnik of the Centre of Political Technologies, a Moscow political consultancy, said: “There are practically no chances that the idea of such a referendum will be realised.”...
...But Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, says these worries were overblown....
...[do] not make any mistake about it, the forces in the east are 100 per cent commanded by Russia,” says Kurt Volker, the US special envoy to Ukraine....
...Meanwhile Democrats such as Kurt Campbell, Mr Obama’s assistant secretary of state for Asia, have joined the chorus of voices arguing that US engagement with China has failed in important respects — and...
...Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of Donetsk-based separatists, warned it threatened to escalate the conflict....
...Visiting the frontline town of Avdiivka earlier this year, Kurt Volker, appointed by Mr Trump as a special envoy for the conflict, described the situation as a “hot war”....
...Many diplomats believe Mr Zakharchenko’s push reflects Russia’s wish to demonstrate strength to Kurt Volker, the hawkish new US special representative for Ukraine....
...Many were office-appropriate: Michael Kors, Alexander Wang, Jason Wu and Calvin Klein all showed sharply tailored, grey checked two-pieces....
...The Jewish state withdrew its ambassador to Austria in 2000 after Mr Haider joined the country’s governing coalition, just as it did in 1986 after former Nazi Kurt Waldheim was elected as president....
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