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In this grab taken from a footage provided by the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM press service, people gather for the funerals of five Russian nuclear engineers killed by a rocket explosion in Sarov, the closed city, located 370 kilometers (230 miles) east of Moscow, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Thousands of people have attended the burial of five Russian nuclear engineers killed by an explosion during tests of a new rocket. The engineers, who died on Thursday, were laid to rest Monday in the city of Sarov that hosts Russias main nuclear weapons research center. (Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM via AP)

Skyfall nuclear cruise missile explosion covered up by Russia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

US diplomat accused of political retribution steps down

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Michael McKinley, a former top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, to testify before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Diplomat says politicization of foreign policy disturbed him

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, arrives for a joint interview with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Gordon Sondland to tell lawmakers Trump directed Giuliani to push Ukraine to investigate the Bidens

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, right, accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, speaks about the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Former Pompeo aide testifies; Senate talks impeachment trial

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT LEE - Associated Press

Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, pauses in front of a Surface to Air Missile (Sayyad 2C) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Iran envoy Brian Hook says Syria troop pullout will not empower Tehran

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Former White House advisor on Russia, Fiona Hill, leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, after testifying before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Vivid details emerge on Ukraine as impeachment quickens

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump departs Air Force One early Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after returning from a campaign rally in Louisiana. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

As Congress ends break, House steps up impeachment inquiry

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Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, arrives on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Washington, as she is scheduled to testify before congressional lawmakers on Friday as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former Ukraine envoy testifies Trump pushed to oust her

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATTHEW LEE and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, sits down for a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019, during the G-20 summit, with senior adviser Michael McKinley, right. Pompeo’s de facto chief of staff McKinley has announced his retirement after a nearly four-decade career as an American diplomat. McKinley told colleagues he was leaving for personal reasons. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Top Pompeo aide resigns, adding to tumult over Ukraine

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch, speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Yovanovitch was removed from her post after insisting that a request to Ukrainian officials to investigate President Donald Trump’s political rival be conveyed through official channels, according to a fellow former diplomat. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Marie Yovanovitch arrives on Capitol Hill for deposition

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump adjusts his jacket as he walks toward reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, before departing for a campaign rally in Lake Charles, La. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former ambassador testifies that Trump pushed for her ouster

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In this July 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump is joined by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, second from right, as he arrives at Melsbroek Air Base, in Brussels, Belgium. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Latest: Ex-diplomat’s testimony ends after 9-plus hours

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch, speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Yovanovitch was removed from her post after insisting that a request to Ukrainian officials to investigate President Donald Trump’s political rival be conveyed through official channels, according to a fellow former diplomat. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Former envoy defies Trump, testifies he pushed to oust her

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATTHEW LEE and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, U.S. deputy secretary of state, John Sullivan speaks in Dinard, France. President Donald Trump is nominating Sullivan, the No. 2 official at the State Department to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. Trump announced Friday, Oct. 11, that he’s picked John Sullivan, deputy secretary of state, for the post. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)

Trump picks new US ambassador to Russia

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2019 file photo, then U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, center, sits during her meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev, Ukraine. (Mikhail Palinchak, Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)

Diplomat criticized by White House known for her diligence

By ADAM GELLER and JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump is joined by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, second from right, as he arrives at Melsbroek Air Base, in Brussels, Belgium. According to text messages released the first week of October 2019 by House investigators, Ambassador Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker, a former special envoy to Ukraine, discussed Trump wanting to press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Trump's Democratic political rival Joe Biden and his family. The House Intelligence Committee is scheduled to meet in private with Sondland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Latest: House Democrats subpoena US ambassador to EU

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump is joined by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, second from right, as he arrives at Melsbroek Air Base, in Brussels, Belgium. Sondland, wrapped up in a congressional impeachment inquiry, was a late convert to Trump, initially supporting another candidate in the Republican primary and once refusing to participate in a fundraiser on his behalf. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Gordon D. Sondland blocked from testifying by White House

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. North Korea's chief negotiator says discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyang's nuclear program have broken down, but Washington says the two sides had "good discussions" that it intends to build on in two weeks. The North Korean negotiator, Kim Miyong-gil, said Saturday, Oct. 5, talks in Stockholm broke down "entirely because the U.S. has not discarded its old stance and attitude." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. calls for patience as N. Korea claims new talks ‘broke down’ already

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets the media in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Italy at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe as the push to impeach President Donald Trump gains steam at home. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Mike Pompeo, State Department under scrutiny in Trump-Ukraine furor

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times