(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 19, 2019, National Security Council Director for European Affairs, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, is sworn in during the House Intelligence Committee hearing into President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to tie US aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - Vindman, who provided damning impeachment evidence against President Donald Trump, retired from the US Army on July 8, 2020, after being subjected to a campaign of "bullying, intimidation and retaliation," his attorney, David Pressman, said in a statement . "Through a campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, the president of the United States attempted to force LTC Vindman to choose: Between adhering to the law or pleasing a President. Between honoring his oath or protecting his career. These are choices that no one in the United States should confront, especially one who has dedicated his life to serving it," Pressman said. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
As a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, Alexander Vindman served this country in combat (he earned a Purple Heart after being wounded in Iraq in 2004), before working with the National Security Council, where he began working in the summer of 2018. That assignment sounded perfect for Vindman, who was born in Kyiv,...
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