The president versus the diplomats
Public servants should be respected and not punched by the president who has to count on them for implementing the policies approved by Congress and pursued by the White House
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ONE of the most dramatic episodes in the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump that commenced on Capitol Hill last week, was last Friday's public testimony by Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted American ambassador to Ukraine who found herself being drawn into the centre of American politics.
After serving more than three decades at the State Department, Ms Yovanovitch, 61, lost her job when Mr Trump, pressed by his personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, raised questions about her competence and willingness to carry out his policy on Ukraine.
Ms Yovanovitch, like two other top State Department officials who testified on Capitol Hill last week - Ambassador William Taylor who replaced Ms Yovanovitch in Kiev, and George Kent, the assistant secretary of state responsible for Ukraine - have been committed to implementing the policy embraced by Republicans and Democrats after Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed the Crimea.
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