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Vindman says Ukrainians offered him defense minister position
The Guardian ^ | 11/19/19 | Trump impeachment inquiry: Vindman and Williams testify – watch live Joan E Greve

Posted on 11/19/2019 8:56:01 AM PST by gandalftb

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To: gandalftb

Uh quid pro quo? Did they at least offer him an 0-6 position?


41 posted on 11/19/2019 9:18:22 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Spirochete

He needs to do a weigh in.


42 posted on 11/19/2019 9:19:05 AM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA! Epstein did not kill himself! Eric Ciaramella, ERIC CIARAMELLA, ERICCIARAMELLA!)
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To: apoliticalone

when it was brought up that Hill was concerned about him vindman went on to read a glowing report Hill made about him


43 posted on 11/19/2019 9:19:56 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Ann Archy

Foreign nations offer US officers jobs all the time.

I knew one such, a Captain in a specialized field. They offered him the equivalent rank and pay of a US Colonel, plus command of his own battalion. It was a genuine offer from the “second family” of that country, wired in with their military.

Another one was an engineer Captain who was picked up for a lot of money after he left the army by the Saudis. He quit after six months from boredom because they couldn’t think of anything they wanted him to do.

He later almost went to work building a road in the Amazon, hired by Brazil, but then by sheer luck he met the guy he was replacing in a bar, and heard the horror stories of the job, so he turned it down.

The bottom line is that many other nations see US personnel as a talent pool, albeit a high priced one.


44 posted on 11/19/2019 9:20:30 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberalism is the belief everyone else should be in treatment for your disorder.)
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To: frank ballenger
Can a non American born have top secret clearances today? I once heard that American pilots born in Russia or with a wife born there could not have bomber overflight assignments within a zone near there. In case of a war declaration they might hesitate to drop the nuclear bombs. Someone more knowledgeable here would have to tell me if I am right or wrong about that.

When I was at MIOBC and MICCC, there were two female officers who had a HELL OF A HARD TIME securing their TS/SCI. They were both daughters of American citizens who were born overseas. One was born at Stornowary, England, and the other, Rota, Spain. Their parents were in the Air Force.

Another officer was a naturalized us Citizen from Nigeria. Last I heard he never could get his TS-SCI needed to be MOSQ'd as 35 D and 35E.

None of them were allowed as liason to the DOE/NNSA where we had to have a CNWDI "Q" clearance.

45 posted on 11/19/2019 9:21:20 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Bet he kept a couple of jelly doughnuts in his foot locker.


46 posted on 11/19/2019 9:21:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rktman
Why would Ukraine offer him the job unless he was an agent?

Did her report it to "prove" his loyalty to our country.

Does he have any investments in Ukraine?

How many times or did he ever meet Porshenko?

47 posted on 11/19/2019 9:21:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: DownInFlames
Court Martial him now for treason. He’s a US Army officer.

Vindman has testified that he was offered the job, he refused and reported that offer to his superiors. In 1993, Retired U.S. Army Colonel Aleksander Einseln, an Estonian native was appoiinted as the Commanding General of the Estonian Armed Forces. The State Department objected to this and threatened that Einseln could lose his US citizenship and his Army retirement pay. After intervention by several US Senators, his appointment was approved and he became an Estonian General.

48 posted on 11/19/2019 9:25:29 AM PST by centurion316
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Here he is........with his clothes on….cackle

Volodymyr Zelensky 2019 Presidential inauguration with Lt. Col. Vindman (far left)

49 posted on 11/19/2019 9:25:43 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Raycpa
That seems to impeach Vindman’s testimony.

How so?

50 posted on 11/19/2019 9:27:10 AM PST by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Candor7

THAT’s What I believe, also! He’s a double agent.


51 posted on 11/19/2019 9:27:19 AM PST by goodnesswins (Want to know your family genealogy? Run for political office.)
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To: Liz

Gop:
request equals demand in military culture

trump and ukraine guy not from military

good point


52 posted on 11/19/2019 9:28:30 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Leaning Right

Sounds like a Ukrainian QUID PRO QUO to me....


53 posted on 11/19/2019 9:28:52 AM PST by Immolumentor
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To: RummyChick

this dude set this whole thing up by saying he is from military..wearing his dads wings, etc...

this military culture line of thinking is important.

Trump has never been military

dont know who this guy he is but good questioner


54 posted on 11/19/2019 9:30:52 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Leaning Right
Hmm. I wonder which one it is.
Does it have to be one or the other?

I'm going with #2.

55 posted on 11/19/2019 9:31:05 AM PST by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: rktman

Did they at least offer him an 0-6 position?

Or, at least, a “double-naught” position?


56 posted on 11/19/2019 9:31:15 AM PST by Immolumentor
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To: gandalftb

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57 posted on 11/19/2019 9:33:50 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Grampa Dave

Always could. Good number of our post ww2 scientists were German born just not “ known” nazis. We even had a Kenyan president!


58 posted on 11/19/2019 9:34:06 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: AAABEST

A normal reaction to the crap The Guardian shovels


59 posted on 11/19/2019 9:35:25 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: gandalftb

Which regime - the old corrupt one or the new one?


60 posted on 11/19/2019 9:35:58 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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