Here's the Purple Heart award for Alexander Vindman, who was kicked out of the White House after testifying in Trump's impeachment inquiry

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• US Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council adviser who testified in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, was escorted from the White House Friday afternoon.
• Vindman, who emigrated at 3 with his parents from Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, has served in the Army since 1999.
• Business Insider obtained military documents showing the announcement of his Purple Heart award.
• Vindman's Purple Heart citation is one of the career hallmarks that Democratic lawmakers have referenced to support his account as a credible witness.
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US Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council adviser who testified in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, was escorted out of the White House on Friday afternoon.

His attorney David Pressman of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP said in a statement on his departure from the White House: "There is no question in the mind of any American why this man's job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House. LTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor, his commitment to right, frightened the powerful."

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