Article snippet: Vindman said one of the times came when he was visiting Ukraine for the newly-elected president’s inauguration in May. “At any point during that trip did Mr. Danylyuk offer you a position of defense minister with the Ukrainian government?” the Republican counsel Steve Castor asked Vindman. “He did,” Vindman said. “And how many times did he do that?” Castor asked. “I believe it was three times,” Vindman. “And do you have any reason why he asked you to do that?” Castor asked. “No, I don’t know, but every single time I dismissed it, upon returning I notified my chain of command and appropriate counterintelligence folks about the offer,” Vindman said. “That was a big honor, correct?” Castor asked. Vindman, who immigrated from Ukraine to America as a child, responded: But, he added, “I’m an American, I came here as a toddler and immediately dismissed these offers, I did not entertain them.” He called the notion “comical,” since he was just a lieutenant colonel, and he said he did not leave the door open at all. “These are honorable people, I’m not sure if he meant it as a joke or not,” he said. Later in the hearing, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) slammed Castor for asking about it. “The three minutes that were spent asking you about the offer made to make you the new minister of defense — that may have come cloaked in a Brooks Brothers suit and in parliamentary language, but that was designed exclusively to give the right-wing media an opening to question your loyalty,” he arg... Link to the full article to read more