Hi, this is Kelly from Richmond, Virginia driving home from the Altria theater where I just saw wait

Wait, don't tell me live for their first ever time in Richmond and where we all learned that Tim Cain's

Appalachian Trail nickname was dog bowl and no explanation for that was given

This podcast was recorded at Holly Mully 706 p.m. on Tuesday the 19th of November

Things might have changed by the time you hear this

So I think I can sort of maybe explain that because his secret service secret name when he was running for vice president was dogwood

So maybe dog bowl. I don't know. I think I just explained it

You need a lot of calories to do the trail. I probably was just eating dog food

Hey there. It's the NPR politics podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House

I'm feeling you in election security editor and I'm Mara Lias and national political correspondent

So it's been a long day and it's not over yet. There were two panels for witnesses and as of now

Nine hours in counting of testimony in the ongoing impeachment inquiry

Things kicked off this morning at 9 a.m. with two witnesses if you would both please rise and

Raise your right hand. I will begin by swearing you in lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman in July 2018

I was asked to serve at the White House National Security Council

At the NSE I'm the principal advisor to the National Security Advisor on

Ukraine and other countries in my portfolio and

Jennifer Williams a State Department aid staff to the vice president

It was the greatest honor of my career to be asked to serve as a special advisor to the vice president for Europe and Russia

Now these witnesses are again fact witnesses

They are not here to advocate for impeachment. They were both asked if they're never trumpers and they both answered no

What was the story they were there to tell the story they were there to tell was pretty much the same story

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