I am a Korean war veteran, a retired career employee of the intelligence community and a lifelong Republican. However, I am currently disgusted with the Republican Party and its performance at the impeachment hearings. I am upset with the repeated attacks on the career employees of the State Department and the military. These attacks are occurring purely for political reasons.

I was especially upset while watching the attack by U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on the integrity of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council staffer, a decorated war hero and a Purple Heart recipient. Mr. Jordan has never served in the military so he does not know what it is like to spill one’s blood for their country as Mr. Vindman has done.

Mr. Jordan, a former wrestling coach, has also been accused by former members of the Ohio State wrestling team of ignoring serial sexual abuse charges by the team doctor when they were reported to him. Perhaps he should clean up his own questionable past before attacking true heroes.

John O’ Hara
Bowie, Md.
The writer is a former resident of Pittsburgh.

First Published: November 28, 2019, 5:00 a.m.