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During my time at the NSC, I received multiple calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston, who told me that Ambassador Yovanovitch should be fired, robert Livingston characterized Ambassador Yovanovitch as an' Obama holdover' and associated with George Soros. It was not clear to me at the time — or now — at whose direction or at whose expense Robert Livingston was seeking the removal of Ambassador Yovanovitch.