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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Yovanovitch told Insider that it will take "years" to undo the "damage" Pompeo did to the State Department.</li><li>He "presided over the hollowing out of a great institution," she said.</li></ul>Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador told Ukraine, told Insider in a wide-ranging interview that it will take "years" to reverse the damage that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did to the State Department.Pompeo "presided over the hollowing out of a great institution," Yovanovitch told Insider. She added that Donald Trump's first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, "started it and Pompeo continued it, so there's is lasting damage."President Joe Biden's secretary of state, Antony Blinken, made a commitment to following the rule of law, protecting diplomats and foreign service officers, and promoting US policy abroad when he took the helm at the department.But "it takes a concentrated effort over a number of years not only to knit the fabric of the State Department back together again, but to give it the kinds of resources that are necessary for our diplomacy," Yovanovitch told Insider.The former ambassador didn't mince words about her view of Pompeo in her new memoir, "Lessons From The Edge." She struck a blunt tone when she said that Pompeo's "hypocrisy was galling" and wondered if the State Department would "survive the betrayals of the Pompeo years."Yovanovitch was abruptly recalled from her post in Ukraine in April 2019 following a concerted smear campaign against her by Trump's allies, led by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. In her book, Yovanovitch discussed her pleas for the State Department, and Pompeo himself, to publicly support her against Giuliani's efforts to discredit her work in Ukraine and bogus allegations that she was a partisan Obama holdover.But Pompeo failed to protect her from the White House, Yovanovitch later testified to Congress. She was one of more than a dozen witnesses to testify at Trump's first impeachment inquiry in late 2019. It centered around his efforts to strongarm the Ukrainian government into launching bogus political investigations into the Biden family while withholding vital security assistance and a White House meeting.When congressional staffers began contacting her in mid-August 2019 — shortly before the impeachment inquiry was launched — to discuss "Ukraine-related" matters, Yovanovitch started thinking about hiring a lawyer."Although the department lawyers usually tried to watch out for State personnel, their job was to protect State's interests, not mine," she wrote. "I was a team player, but the past six months had shown me that I could no longer trust the coach."She also wrote that it was ironic that Pompeo pledged to work with "uncompromising personal and professional integrity" after being unable to guard her against Giuliani and Trump's attacks on her. She recalled, in particular, the day that she flew back to Washington, DC, from Kyiv after being abruptly fired without cause.The same day, Pompeo unveiled an "ethos statement" at the State Department "with great fanfare," the memoir says. In addition to promising to work with "uncompromising personal and professional integrity," the statement also promised to "show 'unstinting respect in word and deed for my colleagues,'" Yovanovitch writes."Every Foreign Service officer I knew agreed with these points, but coming from Pompeo, the irony was too much to handle," the book says. "We were all tired of Pompeo's talk. We just wanted him to walk the walk. He didn't need to swagger."Looking forward, the former ambassador told Insider that the way the US conducts diplomacy needs to be overhauled, in the same way that the US military reformed after the Vietnam War and intelligence services did after the September 11 terrorist attacks.Diplomacy in 2022 needs to "meet the challenges of the 21st century in a way that reflects many of the tools that we've got now that we didn't have back in the day," she said. One example she highlighted is the advent of social media and how journalists, activists, and governments use it to spread awareness about key issues of the day."When we respond on social media, we don't have to have it approved by, you know, 20 different people in Washington, but we can be more nimble and more effective," Yovanovitch said.

Marie Yovanovitch says it will take a 'concentrated effort over a number of years' to undo the 'damage' that Mike Pompeo did to the State Department

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Former US Ambassador to <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> Marie Yovanovitch praised <keyword id="9393544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="volodymyr-zelenskyy" source="Orion">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</keyword> as a wartime leader.</li><li>The compliment comes after Zelenskyy disparaged her in a 2019 call with then-President Donald <keyword id="6354862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump" source="Orion">Trump</keyword>.</li></ul>Former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "wartime leader like we haven't seen since Winston Churchill," offering high praise for a man who once called her a "bad ambassador" in a call with former President Donald Trump.During a wide-ranging interview with Insider on Thursday, Yovanovitch praised <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/president-zelenskyys-unadorned-strategy-is-the-future-of-crisis-leadership-2022-3">Zelenskyy's communication skills</a> and his courage for staying in Kyiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and for communicating from the streets with the Ukrainian people."He is the wartime leader that Ukraine needs," she said.Yovanovitch, who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yovanovitch-cried-20-kleenexes-of-tears-when-fired-trump-book-2022-3">Trump fired in April 2019</a>, writes in her new memoir "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B3R4S4L/">Lessons From The Edge</a>" about Zelenskyy and Trump slamming her in their July 2019 phone call that helped trigger <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/marie-yovanovitch-testimony-trump-impeachment-hearing-key-takeaways-2019-11">Trump's first impeachment inquiry</a>.She was surprised that then-President Trump praised Ukraine's "corrupt prosecutor" while trashing an American ambassador to a foreign president — and that Zelenskyy piled on, agreeing with Trump's assessment of her as a "bad ambassador." She was also alarmed that Zelenskyy asked Trump for additional information about her for an investigation, realizing she was at risk of prosecution in Ukraine.But during the interview with Insider, Yovanovitch seemed to have put that behind her.<div type="image" title="President Zelenskyy visits wounded citizens in Ukraine." height="695" width="1043" msid="90429544" hostid="261"></div>"I think what you saw in that phone call was pandering to Trump and his ego and telling him what he wanted to hear," she said. "And I would say that we've seen that from other world leaders, and we've certainly seen it from people here in the United States, as well. That may not have been his shining moment. But, you know, he's not unique in how he managed that relationship."Shortly before the 2019 call, Trump ordered a freeze on US military aid to Ukraine that would help fend off <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s aggression. During the phone call, Trump asked Zelenskyy to "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yovanovitch-trump-behavior-with-zelenskyy-was-appalling-2022-3">do us a favor, though</a>," and investigate unfounded allegations of corruption against the Bidens, as well as the conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election.Yovanovitch was recalled from Ukraine shortly after Zelenskyy was elected president but she met him several times before and during his candidacy and watched his television show, "Servant of the People," about a Ukrainian high school teacher who becomes president.She expected to meet a funny guy because he was a comedian, but said he took great pains to talk about his business side and his media conglomerate, which he built with his friends from his hometown. He wanted US officials to understand that he had other skills in business, she said.She said they had "a perfectly normal relationship," and there was nothing in their meetings that would have indicated a concern he had about her."He has gone from being a comedian, a businessman, to becoming president with all the responsibilities that that entails to becoming a wartime leader like we haven't seen since Winston Churchill," she said. "He is reflecting the spirit of the Ukrainian people, but he is also binding them together and uniting them and inspiring them — and inspiring the world."

Marie Yovanovitch praises Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a 'wartime leader like we haven't seen since Winston Churchill'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Marie Yovanovitch starts her days drinking coffee from a mug that says "F--- You <keyword id="11909347" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="putin" source="Orion">Putin</keyword>."</li><li>The former US ambassador to <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> ordered the mugs in bulk.</li></ul>Former US Ambassador to Ukraine <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/marie-yovanovitch">Marie Yovanovitch</a> told Insider she starts her days drinking coffee from a mug that says, "F--- You Putin.""I'm here to tell you that your coffee in the morning tastes so much better in that mug," she said during a wide-ranging interview, adding that she also bulk-ordered the mugs.Yovanovitch has been making the media rounds after publishing her book, "Lessons From the Edge," about her experiences as an ambassador and getting fired by former President Donald Trump and testifying in his first impeachment inquiry.But mugs aren't the only Putin-related totems that Yovanovitch has.She recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiyuufWE2Tw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the late-night host Stephen Colbert</a> that she also bulk-ordered bracelets that say "F--- You Putin" and has given them out as gifts to visitors, including members of Congress.<div type="image" title="Marie Yovanovitch and Stephen Colbert" height="1499" width="3000" msid="90430050" hostid="261"></div> Yovanovitch's remarks drew laughter and applause from the audience, and Yovanovitch then gave Colbert a bracelet, which he said was "lovely.""I'll take it," he added, putting the bracelet on and laughing.Asked whether she ever got any notable reactions, Yovanovitch told Insider that she didn't want to get into specifics."Everybody kind of looks at it and gasps and laughs," she said. "I think they're just surprised because I'm, you know, a pretty staid diplomat. They certainly wouldn't expect me to give them a gift like that."

Yovanovitch drinks her morning coffee from a 'F--- You Putin' mug

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Marie Yovanovitch wrote that she was "alarmed" that Giuliani managed to funnel a packet of documents smearing her to the <keyword id="11964162" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fbi" source="Orion">FBI</keyword>.</li><li>The contents of the packet, presented in a Trump Hotel folder, were "laughable" and came from "dubious sources," she wrote.</li></ul>Former US ambassador to <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> Marie Yovanovitch says in her new memoir that she wondered whether former President <keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword> would pressure the FBI to investigate her as she prepared to testify in his first impeachment inquiry."The parallels with Ukraine, where patronage and <keyword id="11893346" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="politics" source="Orion">politics</keyword> often outweighed principle and patriotism, were uncomfortably close for comfort," she writes in "<a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Lessons-from-the-Edge-A-Memoir-Marie-Yovanovitch/9780358457541?redirected=true&amp;utm_medium=Google&amp;utm_campaign=Base1&amp;utm_source=SG&amp;utm_content=Lessons-from-the-Edge-A-Memoir&amp;selectCurrency=SGD&amp;w=AF7JAU9S7U645DA8V3Y9&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-WRBhCKARIsAAId9Fm19aKPGhlv9PINQlTnHzB95xoz1GtRpA-OhAaRTHPdnGo-Asmi1wUaAjOoEALw_wcB&amp;utm_source=Affiliate_WindowUS&amp;utm_medium=Affiliate_Marketing&amp;utm_campaign=78888%20&amp;utm_term=Skimlinks&amp;awc=10920_1648055160_5b0c95867c7ec6c0bcc9868f4e5e31bf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lessons From The Edge</a>."Yovanovitch's concerns came after she learned that Trump allies and some government officials were circulating a packet of documents, presented in a Trump Hotel folder, full of bogus allegations against her and the Biden family.The documents included poorly photocopied news articles from "dubious sources," Yovanovitch writes, which attempted to discredit her and the Bidens and bolster <keyword id="11931698" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rudy-giuliani" source="Orion">Rudy Giuliani</keyword>'s unsupported allegation that Yovanovitch was an Obama holdover and that the Bidens were corrupt."The packet was not just unprofessional, it looked like the sort of thing a slightly unhinged relative would throw together and harass the rest of the family with," she writes. "How could anyone take this seriously? I thought to myself."Giuliani, who was Trump's personal lawyer at the time, reportedly delivered the packet to the White House in March 2019, weeks before Yovanovitch's ouster. The White House forwarded the materials to then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who in turn forwarded the packet to the <keyword id="11899384" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="state-department" source="Orion">State Department</keyword> inspector general, Steve Linick. Linick sent them to congressional staffers in October 2019 as the House of Representatives was in the middle of its impeachment inquiry.The documents also made their way to the FBI. Yovanovitch writes that she was "alarmed" by this revelation," adding, "Now that the stakes were so much higher, with a possible impeachment on the horizon, I wondered whether presidential pressure could influence the FBI to investigate me.""My lawyers reassured me that I had nothing to worry about on that front, but I couldn't fully put my fears to rest," she continues.It appeared the recipients hadn't taken Giuliani's materials seriously. But Yovanovitch was "disappointed" that no one had publicly taken Giuliani to task or defended the government from his "corrupting influence."When Linick forwarded the packet of documents to Congress, he attached emails from several State Department officials who criticized the contents as being part of a "fake narrative."But Yovanovitch wasn't reassured.Those "emails seemed like a fig leaf for a naked attempt to change the story from Trump's malfeasance back to Biden and me by reviving these discredited materials in the face of the impeachment inquiry," she writes. "Coming from the department's inspector general, it also was a sad illustration of what Giuliani and Trump had done to our government."Yovanovitch, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yovanovitch-cried-20-kleenexes-of-tears-when-fired-trump-book-2022-3">who was abruptly fired by Trump in April 2019</a> following Giuliani's concerted smear campaign against her, was one of more than a dozen witnesses who later testified in Trump's first impeachment inquiry over his efforts to withhold aid to Ukraine while pressuring Ukraine's president to investigate the Bidens.During her hours-long public testimony, Yovanovitch recounted the how "shocked and devastated" she was when Trump excoriated her during a July 2019 phone call with Ukraine's newly inaugurated president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Referring to Yovanovitch as "the woman" in the call, Trump went on to say that she was "going to go through some things." Asked how she felt while reading a summary of the call, Yovanovitch said she felt threatened by Trump's words.Trump also lobbed attacks at Yovanovitch on Twitter while she testified, denigrating her record as a foreign service officer and US ambassador. When lawmakers asked Yovanovitch to react to Trump's tweets mid-testimony, she said they were "very intimidating." Trump was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in late 2019 but later acquitted by the Republican-led Senate. He was impeached a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection in January 2021 but acquitted by the Senate the following month, after he was out of office.

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