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Pompeo declines to defend ex-US ambassador after Trump attack

Mike Pompeo said on Monday he was proud of what the United States had done in Ukraine. Ukraine Marie Yovanovit
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  • Mike Pompeo said on Monday he was proud of what the United States had done in Ukraine.
  • Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch who was attacked on Twitter by President Donald Trump.
  • If somebody else has a substantive question about something that the world cares deeply.

"I'll defer to the White House about particular statements and the like. I don't have anything else today about the Democrats' impeachment proceedings," he said in response to a question about whether he agreed with Trump's negative assessment of Yovanovitch.

"If somebody else has a substantive question about something that the world cares deeply about then I'm happy to take it."