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  • 2019-11-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Was Lt. Col. Vindman 'Fired' from the National Security Council? (en)
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  • On Oct. 29, 2019, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who oversaw Ukraine policy at the White House in his role as Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council (NSC), famously testified to House impeachment investigators that he believed President Trump had undermined national security by appealing to Ukraine’s president to investigate his (i.e., Trump's) political rivals: On Nov. 10, U.S. National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien was interviewed by host Margaret Brennan on the CBS Sunday morning news program Face the Nation and answered a question about Vindman's status in a way some people interpreted to mean that Vindman had been, or was about to be, fired from the NSC: Face the Nation's own Twitter feed helped stoke those rumors with a tweet declaring that Vindman would be removed from the NSC: In fact, what O'Brien said on Face the Nation was more detailed and nuanced than simply declaring that Vindman would be fired or removed from the NSC imminently. As he explicated, personnel are temporarily detailed from other government departments and agencies to the White House to serve on the NSC, and eventually they are sent back to their own agencies and replaced by new detailees. Moreover, he stated, the current administration felt the NSC was bloated and wanted to reduce its headcount by about 50%. Therefore, Vindman -- like everyone else detailed to the NSC -- would at some indeterminate time in the future be rotated back to his department: Later that day, CNN's Jim Acosta tweeted that Vindman was still at National Security Council for the time being: CBS News correspondent Paula Reid also reported that Vindman's attorney stated he was not aware of any changes in his client's status, that Vindman still has a job, and that Vindman's detail was not scheduled to end until July 2020: How much longer Lt. Col. Vindman's tenure at the NSC lasts remains to be seen. A new chapter unfolded in this story on Feb. 7, 2020, when news first broke that Lt. Col. Vindman was ousted from his job and escorted from the White House. David Pressman, an attorney for Vindman, said in a statement, The truth has cost Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman his job, his career, and his privacy. (en)
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