Ukraine has awarded the Order of Merit to
@RepBrianFitz and
@RepGolden One Republican and one Democrat.
Before he ran for Congress, Brian was an FBI agent in Kyiv. In 2015, after the Maidan revolution, he helped Ukrainians build the National Anti-Corruption Bureau from scratch. Jared, a former Marine infantryman who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, has taken consequential stands for Ukraine's fight for freedom when it wasn't easy or popular.
They are close friends, and two of the ten leaders profiled in Courage Can Save US. Both have put their careers on the line, again and again, for what they believe is right.
Yesterday's ceremony with President Zelenskyy was one of the highlights of nearly a decade of building
@WithHonorAction alongside Americans like Brian and Jared. Friends and family joined us at the reception afterward, including Moustafa Basij-Rasikh, a With Honor Fellow who served with Jared in Afghanistan as a linguist and now works on his staff, and Mike Campi, Brian's former boss at the FBI.
Read the full citation:
withhonor.org/wp-content/upl…