I don't understand how you think this is a smoking gun? He mentioned military aid in the part you cut out of your quote of the transcript. She responded to that by characterizing the military aid and why it was necessary, but they cut out her response to the mention of military aid because they wanted a response to only the second part of Whitaker's statement (ie the "no sway" part). Seems reasonable for a TV interview that needs to fit a tight schedule, no?