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    For Pence, Impeachment Inquiry Will Test A Political Path Shaped By Faith

    As Vice President Mike Pence's role in the Ukraine story comes under increased scrutiny, how might his biography inform how he navigates the crisis in the White House?
    by Rachel Martin Nov 22, 2019 5 minutes
    Mike Pence greets the crowd before introducing Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Aug. 5, 2016 in Green Bay, Wisc.

    Until Ambassador Gordon Sondland's public testimony on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence had managed to keep out of the center of the impeachment inquiry.

    For the first time during the public phase of the impeachment hearings, a witness connected Pence to a possible quid pro quo. Sondland said that just ahead of a Sept. 1 meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, he conferred with Pence about a link between U.S. military aid for Ukraine and the investigation that President Trump sought into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

    "I mentioned to Vice President Pence before the meetings with the Ukrainians that I had concerns that the delay in aid had become tied to the issue of investigations," Sondland testified.

    Pence responded later that day.

    "I made no comments in my meeting with President Zelenskiy

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