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| | [[File:April 21 2019 readout Zelensky.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Vindman alters press release about the substance of Trump-Zelensky phone call.]] | | [[File:April 21 2019 readout Zelensky.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Vindman alters press release about the substance of Trump-Zelensky phone call.]] |
| | According to Lt. Col. Jim Hickman who served on a combined US-Russian exercise with Vindman,<ref>https://twitter.com/Jim_Hickman13/status/1190077852680634368?s=20</ref> | | According to Lt. Col. Jim Hickman who served on a combined US-Russian exercise with Vindman,<ref>https://twitter.com/Jim_Hickman13/status/1190077852680634368?s=20</ref> |
| − | {{quotebox|I verbally reprimanded him for his actions, & I’ll leave it at that, so as not to be unprofessional myself. The bottom-line is LTC Vindman was a [[partisan]] [[Democrat]] at least as far back as 2012. So much so, junior officers & soldiers felt uncomfortable around him. This is not your professional, field-grade officer, who has the character & integrity to do the right thing. Do not let the uniform fool you…he is a political [[activist]] in uniform. I pray our nation will drop this [[hate]], vitriol & division, & unite as our founding fathers intended!<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/revealing-military-official-who-worked-with-top-schiff-witness-alex-vindman-reprimanded-him-for-inappropriate-and-partisan-behavior-in-military/</ref>}} | + | {{quotebox-float|I verbally reprimanded him for his actions, & I’ll leave it at that, so as not to be unprofessional myself. The bottom-line is LTC Vindman was a [[partisan]] [[Democrat]] at least as far back as 2012. So much so, junior officers & soldiers felt uncomfortable around him. This is not your professional, field-grade officer, who has the character & integrity to do the right thing. Do not let the uniform fool you…he is a political [[activist]] in uniform. I pray our nation will drop this [[hate]], vitriol & division, & unite as our founding fathers intended!<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/revealing-military-official-who-worked-with-top-schiff-witness-alex-vindman-reprimanded-him-for-inappropriate-and-partisan-behavior-in-military/</ref>}} |
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| | ===April 21 Zelensky phone call=== | | ===April 21 Zelensky phone call=== |
| | Vindman prepared the public readout of President Trump's congratulatory phone call to Ukrainian President-elect Zelensky.<ref>https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-in-town-pool-report-4-1834208078</ref> The summary readout said that Trump | | Vindman prepared the public readout of President Trump's congratulatory phone call to Ukrainian President-elect Zelensky.<ref>https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-in-town-pool-report-4-1834208078</ref> The summary readout said that Trump |
| − | {{quotebox|"underscored the unwavering support of the United States for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity – within its internationally recognized borders – and expressed his commitment to work together with President-elect Zelensky and the Ukrainian people to implement reforms that strengthen democracy, increase prosperity, and root out corruption."}} | + | {{quotebox-float|"underscored the unwavering support of the United States for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity – within its internationally recognized borders – and expressed his commitment to work together with President-elect Zelensky and the Ukrainian people to implement reforms that strengthen democracy, increase prosperity, and root out corruption."}} |
| | On Friday November 15, 2019 President Trump released the call transcript from an April 21, 2019 conversation with Ukraine President Zelensky. Reporters noted there was a discrepancy between the call transcript and a separate summary of the call sent to reporters in April.<ref>https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1195373078118834176/photo/1</ref> | | On Friday November 15, 2019 President Trump released the call transcript from an April 21, 2019 conversation with Ukraine President Zelensky. Reporters noted there was a discrepancy between the call transcript and a separate summary of the call sent to reporters in April.<ref>https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1195373078118834176/photo/1</ref> |
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