House Democrats on Monday released Laura Cooper’s transcript, the top Pentagon official who oversees U.S. policy regarding Ukraine, amid the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Cooper is deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, whose responsibilities encompass the “current policy towards Russia, as well as long-term strategy on Russia for the Department of Defense,” she told House legislators, according to the transcript (pdf) released by the House Intelligence Committee, led by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).