266. Alexander Vindman - Why People Willing to Resist Abuses of Power are Lifeblood of Healthy Democracy.

0900, Thursday, July 25, 2019: President Trump called Ukraine's
President Zelensky, supposedly to congratulate him on his recent
victory. In the months that followed, the American public would only
learn what happened on that call because Alexander Vindman felt
duty-bound to report it up the chain of command: that the President of
the United States had extorted a foreign ally to damage a political
challenger at home. Vindman's actions and subsequent testimony before
congress would lead to Trump's impeachment and affirm Vindman's belief
that he had done the right thing in the face of intense pressure to stay
silent. But it would come at an enormous cost, straining relationships
with colleagues, superiors, and even his own father, and eventually end
his decorated career in the US Army, by a Trump administration intent on
retribution.
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SPEAKER:
Alexander Vindman is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, was most
recently the director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Russia on
the White House’s National Security Council. Previously, he served as
the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia for the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in
Moscow, Russia. While on the Joint Staff, he co-authored the National
Military Strategy Russia Annex and was the principal author for the
Global Campaign for Russia. Alexander is a Doctor of International
Affairs, Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns
Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and author of
the bestselling memoir Here, Right Matters.
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/AVindman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-vindman-11340280/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vindman
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BOOKS:
Here, Right Matters: An American Story Hardcover (2021)
https://alexandervindmanbook.com/
https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/alexander-vindman-20213242836650

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