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Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid

by Associated Press
| February 19, 2020 2:05 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration's release of congressionally authorized aid to Kyiv in its conflict against Russian-backed separatists.

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