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State Department defies impeachment committee

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said five State Department officials will not comply with a deposition request from House Democrats. The committees leading the impeachment inquiry of President Trump asked the officials to appear for confidential interviews this week. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN with more on the officials who House Democrats are hoping to speak to about U.S.-Ukraine relations.

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What Volker must address in House hearing

CBS News senior national security analyst Fran Townsend was homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush. She's on the board of trustees at the McCain Institute, where former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, is executive director. Volker resigned from his State Department post on Friday and will answer questions today in the House impeachment inquiry. Townsend joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the challenges Volker faces when he speaks to Congress and the long-term implications of treating the whistleblower as a traitor.

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Impeachment inquiry resonates in Ukraine

The growing impeachment inquiry questions are resonating in Ukraine. The country's top prosecutor said he will review several criminal cases, including some related to the owner of the company where Hunter Biden worked. There’s no evidence that Hunter or Joe Biden engaged in wrongdoing. President Trump's call to investigate the Bidens has also catapulted Ukraine's president, a former comedian with little political experience, into the spotlight. Roxana Saberi reports.

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