Vindman dismisses offer to become Ukraine's defense minister as "rather comical"

• Castor's line of questioning touched on whether the offer, which came Alex Danylyuk, a former aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, was in Ukrainian or English. Vindman answered that it was the latter.
• Vindman said he "immediately dismissed the offers" and "did not entertain them" — and testified that he reported them up his chain of command.

What he said: "Frankly, it's more important about what my American leadership, my American chain of command thinks. ... These are honorable people, I'm not sure if he meant it as a joke or not — but it's much more important what my civilian White House and National Security Council chain of command thinks more than anyone else."

• "And, frankly, if they were concerned about me being able to continue my duties, they would have brought that to my attention."

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