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"Stop This Apocalypse" - Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Reads A Text From A Friend In UkraineFormer U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, joins Stephen for a two-part interview focused on the latest developments in Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Her book, "Lessons From The Edge," is available everywhere next Tuesday.
Marie Yovanovitch On Ukraine's Comedian-Turned-President, And Her "F*** You Putin" Bracelet
In part two of her interview with Stephen Colbert, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, gives Stephen a very special gift and talks about the first time she met Ukraine's heroic president Volodymyr Zelensky. You can read more of Ambassador Yovanovitch's analysis about Ukraine and Russia in her new book, "Lessons From The Edge," available everywhere next Tuesday.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)Or indeed a dozen!
Thanks for sharing this!
Rhiannon12866
(205,161 posts)After seeing the ambassador on Colbert, everyone will want one! And she did say she "ordered them in bulk" and gave them to visiting congressmen... Stephen was obviously quite thrilled with his...
twodogsbarking
(9,731 posts)An easy interview. Someone you would like to know.
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)thucythucy
(8,045 posts)compassionate, dedicated, incorruptible... and a woman...
It's no wonder Trump felt he had to fire her.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)The American people badly need one here to counteract the former guy.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)From the Mark Twain school of wit, sarcasm, and you have to laugh to keep from crying. This is why he is so despised by the former Republican, currently fascist party.
FakeNoose
(32,626 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,161 posts)She has quite an amazing background, let alone her experience in Ukraine. And, as the site says, her book comes out Tuesday...
FakeNoose
(32,626 posts)... but concerning Ambassador Yovanovich ...
The deposition that she gave in Chump's first impeachment is available in public domain. It's available to read or download here. (link) https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6538652-Marie-Yovanovitch-testimony-transcript
She starts around Page 14 telling her background in Foreign Service and experience as Ambassador to Ukraine. Further on she gives details about the politics that became rather nasty after Chump was elected. There's a lot of meat here.