Episode 931
Alexander Vindman
Wed, 2019-Nov-20 01:06 UTC
Length - 1:38
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With 214,494 views on Tuesday, 19 November 2019 our article of the day is Alexander Vindman.
Alexander Semyon Vindman (born June 6, 1975) is a United States Army lieutenant colonel who serves as the Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council (NSC). Vindman came to national attention in October 2019 when he testified before the United States Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal.
Commissioned in 1999 as an infantry officer, Vindman received a Purple Heart medal for wounds he received from an IED attack in the Iraq War in 2004. Vindman became a foreign area officer specializing in Eurasia in 2008, and assumed his current position as Director for European Affairs with the NSC in 2018.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:06 UTC on Wednesday, 20 November 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see Alexander Vindman on Wikipedia.
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