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 292 Letter from John C. Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense, to Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Feb. 28, 2019).

293 Cooper Dep. Tr. at 27-28.

294 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, Pub. L. No. 114-92, § 1250 (2015), as amended by the National Defense Act Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-91, § 1234 (2017), and most recently amended by the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Pub. L. No. 115-232, § 1246 (2018).

295 Cooper Dep. Tr. at 24.

296 Id.

297 Letter from John C. Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense, to Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (May 23, 2019).

298 Cooper Dep. Tr. at 31-32.

299 DOD Announces $250M to Ukraine, Department of Defense (June 18, 2019) (online at www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/1879340/dod-announces-250m-to-ukraine/).

300 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Pub. L. No. 116-6, §7046(a)(2) (2019); Conference Report to Accompany Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, H.R. Rep. No. 116-9, p. 869 (2019).

301 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-141, Title VIII (2017).

302 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Pub. L. No. 116-6, §7015(c) (2019); Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-141, § 7015(c) (2017).

303 OMB Circular No. A-11, § 22.3 (2019) (requiring that the State Department receive clearance from OMB before notifying Congress).

304 Sandy Dep. Tr. at 25; DOD Announces $250M to Ukraine, Department of Defense (June 18, 2019) (online at www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/1879340/dod-announces-250m-to-ukraine/).

305 Sean Hannity Interviews Donald Trump via Telephone, Fox News (June 19, 2019) (transcript at https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-interview-sean-hannity-fox-telephone-june-19-2019).

306 Sandy Dep. Tr. at 26-27.

307 Id. at 27-28.

308 Id. at 29-30.

309 Cooper Dep. Tr. at 33-34.

310 Id. at 33.

311 Id. at 34.

312 Id. at 38.

313 Id. at 37-38.

314 Cooper-Hale Hearing Tr. at 14; Vindman Dep. Tr. at 178-179. See also Stalled Ukraine Military Aid Concerned Members of Congress for Months, CNN (Sept. 30, 2019) (online at www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/politics/ukraine-military-aid-congress/index.html) (suggesting that the State Department sought OMB's approval for $141 million in FMF funds on June 21, 2019).

315 OMB Circular No. A-11, § 22.3 (2019) (requiring that the State Department receive clearance from OMB before notifying Congress).

316 Williams Dep. Tr. at 54-55.

317 Id. at 55.