George Kent (State Dept.) gives deposition tomorrow - a bit of background on him:

[Leghorn21]

Last edited Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:23 AM - Edit history (2)

George Kent currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau at the U.S. Department of State, overseeing policy towards Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Previously, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Kyiv, Ukraine (2015-18). In 2014-15, George was the Senior Anti-Corruption Coordinator in the State Department’s European Bureau from 2014-15, leading development and advocacy of anti-corruption messages across Europe and Eurasia. From 2012-14, he oversaw $200 million in annual programming for the rule of law, law enforcement, and judicial system capacity building in Europe and Asia as Director in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL/EA). Since joining the foreign service in 1992, he has served in: Warsaw, Poland; Kyiv; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and Bangkok, Thailand. Other State Department assignments include: Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Operations Center Watch Officer; and Thai desk officer.

George holds an A.B. from Harvard in Russian History and Literature (1989), an M.A. from Johns Hopkins’ SAIS (1992), and M.S. from National Defense University’s Eisenhower School (2012). Mr. Kent speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Thai, and some Polish, German, and Italian. He is a Kirby Simon Fund Trustee and a proud member of Red Sox Nation.

https://www.state.gov/biographies/george-p-kent/

George Kent



Looks like a savvy, seasoned State Dept. veteran...

[Thomas Hurt]

1. highly intelligent, well educated, decades of exprience, an expert in Ukraine

and anti corruption........obviously a man who knows nothing and is just another cog in the massive, world wide, secret, all knowing, all powerful, liberal, deep state conspiracy. (rolls eyes)

[abqtommy]

4. I love to see people with smart brains in government service!

[pangaia]

2. like his tie and especially his handkerchief...

[Nevermypresident]

3. Thank you for the background.

[CabalPowered]

5. According to the WP, Pompeo has blocked his participation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/impeachment-calendar/

[Leghorn21]

6. Sorry, can't access - hell, I never heard of "George Kent" until a couple hours ago, and reading of

his decades of experience made me go, ohhhhhh, interesting....and now, hmmmm, maybe not

Well, as a certain LOSER always says, “We’ll see what happens”

Thanks for heads up, Cab

[FakeNoose]

7. OK other than the bit about being a Red Sox fan, I like the guy