government's support of ukraine. following the call, i again reported membership concerns to nsc's lead counsel," that would be john eisenberg. colonel vindman stresses that he personally has had no direct contact or communication with president trump. and he also says he is not the whistle-blower. he says, "i want the committees to know i am not the whistle-blower who brought this issue to the cia and the committees' attention. i do not know who the whistle-blower is and i would not feel comfortable to speculate as to the identity of the whistle-blower." colonel vindman begins his opening statement with some basic biographical information. he says, "i have dedicated my entire professional life to the united states of america. for more than two decades, it has been my honor to serve as an officer in the united states army. as an infantry officer, i served multiple overseas tours, including south korea and germany, and a deployment to iraq for combat operations. in iraq, i was wounded in an ied