Schiff is Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and he served as the lead manager in the first impeachment trial of Donald J. She lives in the Washington, DC, area.Īdam Schiff is the United States Representative for California’s 28th Congressional District. She has received multiple awards, including the Presidential Distinguished Service Award (twice), the Secretary’s Diplomacy for Freedom Award, the Trainor Award for Excellence in the Conduct of Diplomacy, and the PEN/Benenson Courage Award. She retired from the State Department in 2020 and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a non-resident fellow at Georgetown University.
Ambassador to Ukraine, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan, in addition to other senior government positions during her thirty-three-year diplomatic career. Lessons from the Edge follows the arc of her career as she develops into the person we came to know during the impeachment proceedings. She has reclaimed her own narrative, first with her lauded congressional testimony, and now with this memoir.Ī child of parents who survived Soviet and Nazi terror, Yovanovitch’s life and work have taught her the preciousness of democracy as well as the dangers of corruption. Her courageous participation in the subsequent impeachment inquiry earned Yovanovitch the nation’s respect, and her dignified response to the president’s attacks won our hearts. But it came as a shock when, in early 2019, she was recalled from her post after a smear campaign by President Trump’s personal attorney and his associates-men operating outside of normal governmental channels, and apparently motivated by personal gain.
An inspiring and urgent memoir by the ambassador who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power.īy the time she became US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch had seen her share of corruption, instability, and tragedy in developing countries. All attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask over the nose and mouth while inside the venue. **This is an in-person event that will also be live-streamed virtually. Click here to register for this IN-PERSON event, which will take place in GWU's Dorothy Betts Theatre.
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