Link to Col. Vindman's opening statement Oct. 29, 2019 wiitness

https://static.politico.com/69/13/cdffb8a4420a8a4d8a65439570f2/vindman-statement-final.pdf

Col.Alexander Vindman's opening statement as a witness to White House meetings on Ukraine in mid-July in which Amb. Sondland raised the quid pro quo strategy; raised alarms to his superiors and the NSC attorney, and listening in on the July 25 call. He supports the Whistleblower complaint. He was aware in mid-May of Guiliani's pressure on Ukraine president. He says he was not the Whistleblower. The significance of Vindman is that he was a first-hand witness, not testifying from hearsay or second-hand knowledge. He was actually listening to the July 25 telephone call between Trump and the Ukraine president.  Vindman also links using military aid as a bludgeon in the quid pro quo to endangering national security.  

An agreed bi-partisan policy has been and to keep Ukraine out of the hands of Russia before they take their expansionism and aggression to small NATO members.. On the other hand, since before he was sworn in as President, he has done nothing by try to undermine NATO national defense articles and asked even why should the US go to war to protect the Baltic members of NATO, a policy in lockstep with Russia's.   

Immediately, FOX hosts intimated he was a spy or pledged his allegiance to Ukraine, the place of his birth (he emigrated to the US when he was 3.  First, spies are defined as those being in a war. When Trump media accuses a witness as a spy or a traitor, in order to discredit a witness, they need to examine their mouths.  If they can rebut the substance of the testimony, they should. But if they cannot, ask themselves:  Do they pledge allegiance to the Republic or do they pledge allegiance to the Trump. If they question the witness pledging allegiance to another country, prove it and weigh it against the life the person has led since he was 3 years old. Vindman's credentials are sterling; his particular value is tri-lingual in Russian, Ukraine, and English and he has served the country for his whole adult lifetime, a purple heart veteran of the Iraq war.  If he is a Never Trumper? Prove it. He has no record of partisanship in his entire career. He followed the chain of command to report his concerns. He was not the Whistleblower.  In addition, the military aid to Ukraine was the official policy of the US, appropriated and approved by Congress. He was following official US policy,, while Trump, Sondman and  Guiliani were running a  quiet counter operation to use the threat of withholding the aid in order to benefit Trump's re-election by damaging an opponent.  The purpose of Trump and Guiliani's outside operation was for Trump's political domestic benefit while damaging and delaying the aid.