i was a colonel in 1999. the year he came into the service. that year the u.s. army really started to put a reenforced emphasis on our seven army values. of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service honor and integrity and personal courage. i think he really took that to heart. as do all soldiers. you can ask any soldier they ll give you the seven letter. it gives the acronym of leadership. i live by the values and make decisions on the values. i act on values. vindman today did his duty. he did it with honor and integrity. and it took a great deal of courage for him to step forward. and he did it in order to support the oath he takes to the constitution. i wrote a piece today that said i promoted a foreign area officer once the oath of the united states is different than
was on the call. sure. lieutenant colonel vindman is what we call a foreign area officer. personally identified early on in his career with a number of skill sets. he s probably a native russian speaker, was born in the former soviet union. grew up here in the united states, gets a commission. but he has these skill sets and the army requires everybody who is in that role to prove yourself as an army officer. so he has the credibility of being in combat. he wears the combat infantryman s badge having earned that in combat. awarded the purple heart. he s an unimpeachable representative of an incredibly unique capability. it s not unusual that he d be in the room. he s got a very narrow, limited view. he s a ukrainian specialist. but he s working in the national security council which means he s risen through the ranks and identified by a number bofsof bosses. he was in the room by
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aid to the ukraine. really. visionworks. see the difference. i m of irish descent, i still about being a scientist at 3m. love the irish, and he has an i wanted them to know that innovation is not just affinity for his homeland. from your military background about that one a-ha moment. and your national security science is a process. background, john, what do you say to this? it takes time, dedication. i m offended by it and i m it s a journey. deeply offended by it and i we re constantly asking ourselves, how can we do things better and better? think all veterans would be what we make has to work. offended by it. he is an immigrant. i shutter to think the state of we strive to protect you. our military today without at 3m, we re in pursuit of solutions immigrants and the contributions that make people s lives better. that they have made. he was a foreig area officer specialist, kate. this is a highly selective group of officers in all the services who have special knowledge, c
attack and awarded a purple heart. since 2008, i have been a foreign area officer, specializing in eurasia. in this role, i have served in the united states embassies in kiev, ukraine, and moscow, russia. in july 2018, i was asked to serve at the national security council. i sit here as a lieutenant colonel in the united states army, an immigrant. my family fled the soviet union when i was 3 1/2 years old. upon arriving in new york city in 1979, my father worked multiple jobs to support us, all the while learning english at night. he stressed to us the importance of fully integrating into our adopted country. i have a deep appreciation for american values and ideals and the power of freedom. i am a patriot and it is my sacred duty and honor to advance and defend our country, irrespective of party or politics. leading out of our breaking news discussion tonight from kiev, ukraine, is nbc news reporter, josh letterman, national reporter for nbc news. also joining us, former