Anonymous senior Trump admin official who wrote explosive New York Times op-ed coming out with new book about Trump; U.S. diplomat testifies he was told "everything" depended on Ukraine announcing investigations that could help Trump; As top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine testifies in impeachment inquiry, Trump calls the constitutional process "a lynching"; McConnell introduces resolution opposing U.S. withdrawal from Syria; Diplomat says he stands by text message calling it "crazy" to withhold Ukraine aid for domestic political reasons; Dems call U.S. diplomat's testimony "damning" and "a sea change" in the impeachment inquiry; Diplomat worried Ukraine policy was being "fundamentally undermined" by "irregular, informal channel" of policy-making; Defense Secretary: U.S. troops leaving Syria will temporarily re-position in Iraq before coming home; Defense Secretary to CNN: Some U.S. troops will be staying in Syria to deny ISIS access to oil fields; Defense Secretary: A little bit more than 100 of 11,000 ISIS detainees in Syria escaped; Defense Secretary tells CNN U.S. now is in a new phase of the campaign to defeat ISIS; Putin expanding influence in Mideast as Trump pulls back
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