Take It From Me, the Attacks on Vindman Are Disgraceful
I was born abroad and served. So did my three younger brothers. If Vindman is suspicious, are we?
From the earliest days of our nation, the armed forces have included volunteers born in foreign countries—men like Revolutionary War heroes Colonel Thaddeus Kościuszko of Poland, whose statue stands at the center of my alma mater West Point; General Lafayette of France; and General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben of Prussia. Without them, the American experiment may have been stillborn.
For more than two centuries since then, the Army has provided a home for foreign-born soldiers looking to prove their dedication to their
