President Donald Trump this week signed off on promotions for a batch of senior U.S. diplomats including George Kent, a State Department official who became a key witness in the president’s impeachment trial, officials familiar with the matter told Foreign Policy.
Foreign Policy: Trump promotes senior diplomats, including star impeachment witness
George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs walks out during a break at the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Nov. 13, 2019, at the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie US aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.
