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EXECUTIVE SESSION
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PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE,
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COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM,
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
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DEPOSITION OF: AMBASSADOR DAVID MACLAIN HALE
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Washington, D.C.
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The deposition in the above matter was held in Room HVC-304,
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Capitol Visitor Center, commencing at 9:12 a.m.
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Present: Representatives Schiff and Quigley.
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Also Present: Maloney, Norton, Connolly, Jordan, Meadows, and
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Perry.
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For the PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE:
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For the COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM:
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For AMBASSADOR DAVID MACLAIN HALE
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BRIAN GLASSER
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CARY JOSHI
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BAILEY GLASSER, LLP
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Suite 540
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THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. The committee will come to order.
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Good morning, Ambassador Hale, and welcome to the House Permanent
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Select Committee on Intelligence, which along with the Foreign Affairs
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and Oversight Committees is conducting this investigation as part of
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the official impeachment inquiry of the House of Representatives.
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Today's deposition is being conducted as part of the impeachment
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inquiry.
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In light of attempts by the Department of State and the
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administration to direct you and others not to cooperate with the
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inquiry, the committee had no choice but to compel your appearance
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today.
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We thank you for com