House Democrats Release Transcript of Top Pentagon Official Amid Impeachment Inquiry

House Democrats Release Transcript of Top Pentagon Official Amid Impeachment Inquiry
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper arrives to testify in a closed-door deposition as part of the impeachment inquiry led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Affairs and House Oversight and Reform Committees in Washington on Oct. 23, 2019. Erin Scott/Reuters
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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.).
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