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Brad Sherman: the loudest testimony is being given by the witness who did not show up. Secretary Pompeo was invited and strongly urged…

On the recordJuly 8, 2020
the loudest testimony is being given by the witness who did not show up. Secretary Pompeo was invited and strongly urged to come before us, and his refusal to do so shouts loudly that the process for decisionmaking on foreign policy and the outcome of the decisionmaking in this White House is indefensible.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman condemns Secretary Pompeo's absence from the committee hearing.

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