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Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman said Tuesday during a public impeachment hearing that a Ukrainian official offered him the position of defense minister three times. He said he dismissed the offers and notified his chain of command. "The whole notion is rather comical," he said.
Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, asked Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman on Tuesday to identify intelligence community officials with whom he discussed President Trump's July 25 call. Chairman Adam Schiff interrupted Nunes' questioning to curtail the apparent attempt to get Vindman to name the whistleblower.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was asked Tuesday by Congressman Jim Himes why he was wearing a Purple Heart. He described how, in 2014, his vehicle in Iraq was hit by an IED and he was injured. "I, sir, thank you for your service," Himes said.
During the public impeachment inquiry hearing Tuesday, Democratic Representative Jim Himes asked White House aide Jennifer Williams if she considers herself a "never-Trumper." She said she would not describe herself that way. Himes posed the same question to Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who said: "I'd call myself never-partisan."
Republican Representative Chris Stewart asked Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman on Tuesday about a moment earlier in the hearing in which he reminded Devin Nunes to call him "lieutenant colonel" rather than "mister," and asked if he always insists civilians call him by his rank.
Representative Sean Maloney highlighted Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman's service to the country, as well as the fact that Vindman and White House aide Jennifer Williams were firsthand witnesses who were on the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukraine's president. Vindman said he "couldn't believe" what he heard on the call. The exchange was met with a round of applause.
Republican counsel Steve Castor asked Tim Morrison -- the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council -- about concerns within the NSC about Alexander Vindman's judgment. He asked Morrison about concerns his predecessor, Fiona Hill, might have had, but Morrison's lawyer said the question was outside the scope of his testimony. Morrison did reference his earlier testimony, in which he said others had raised concerns about Vindman potentially leaking information, something Vindman denied earlier Tuesday.
CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid and Wall Street Journal Capitol Hill reporter Siobhan Hughes join CBSN to discuss recent developments in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
The impeachment trial may be over but President Trump is ramping up attacks against critics, Democrats and Senator Mitt Romney. He's also considering ousting one of the witnesses, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, from the National Security Council. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN to break down the latest.
The White House has fired a National Security Council official who testified under subpoena in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman told Congress what he heard on the phone call between Mr. Trump and the president of Ukraine. AP White House reporter and CBSN political contributor Zeke Miller joins CBSN with the latest.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who testified during the impeachment inquiry, was removed from the White House. It came just hours after President Trump said he still held a grudge against him. Paula Reid reports.
Two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry were removed from their posts Friday. Gordon Sondland, the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union who testified during the House impeachment investigation, is out of a job, according to his attorney. Sondland's exit comes the same day Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official who also testified, was also ousted from his job. CBS News' Paula Reid and Jeff Mason of Reuters join CBSN to discuss the day's events.
Two days after his acquittal, President Trump fired witnesses who testified against him at the impeachment hearings. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was fired late Friday afternoon. Some 15 minutes later, Vindman's twin brother was dismissed from his White House post. Two hours later, E.U. Ambassador Gordon Sundland was also fired. Paula Reid reports.
President Trump is set to release his $4.8 trillion federal budget proposal today. He wants to boost spending for the military and the U.S.-Mexico border wall. However, Democrats are slamming him for pushing to cut spending for programs like food stamps, Medicaid and Medicare. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy joins CBSN to break down the proposal.
The president floated the idea in a radio interview Thursday with Geraldo Rivera.
Kelly defended Vindman during an appearance at the Drew University Forum lecture series, saying he did "exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave."
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Vindman testified before the House Intelligence Committee under a subpoena as part of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
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