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Last week we had three people testify in the now public impeachment inquiry.

This week we're getting nine Andrew Prokop politics, vox.

Who are these nine people?

On Tuesday, we had Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a NSC staffer, Jennifer

Williams, a State Department official, detailed to the vice president's office,

Kurt Volcker, the former US Special Representative for Ukraine, and Tim Morrison,

another National Security Council staffer.

On Wednesday, we will have in the morning, Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European

Union. And in the afternoon, Laura Cooper, Defense Department official and David Hale,

the Under Secretary of State for political affairs.

And then on Thursday, we'll close things out with Fiona Hill, another former NSC staffer

and David Holmes, a key of base state department official.

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