The Destiny of the Tulsi Gabbard Committee decided in the midst of the struggle to confirm Trump
Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday adopted a key obstacle to the Committee, and her nomination will now head to Kat Senate where she will receive a final vote of confirmation.
President Donald Trump In his second term, Gabbard, a former Democratic Congress, was eavesdropping to be the director of the National Intelligence (DNI).
“I am glad that the Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to improve the Tulsi Gabbard nomination to be the director of the National Intelligence. Once confirmed, I look forward to working with Mrs. Gabbard so that America would be safe and bring poorly needed reform to the National Intelligence Director’s Office,” he said In a statement, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Intelligence Service Tom Cotton, R-ARK.
Tulsi Gabbard, the election of President Donald Trump to be the director of the National Intelligence Service, arrives in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the Capitol Hill on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP)
Gabbard progressed outside the Committee along the parties, 9-8.
She received a last minute approval from Senator Mike Rounds, Rs.d., a board member, a few minutes after the vote had to be started.
“I’ll vote for today [Gabbard] perform the post of director of President Trump for national intelligence service. I had the opportunity to cooperate with Tulsi throughout the confirmation procedure and I am convinced that it will bring a new perspective for the national security team of President Trump and the Intelligence Community. Tulsi and President Trump have my support, “he wrote on X.
Some questions nominated during her confirmation procedure were confirmed by her past meeting with former Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, her previous attitude of FISA section 702 and her past support from NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden.
She faced Questions about each In his hearing last week.
Gabbard managed to impress some Republicans on Intel’s Committee with his answers, as both John Cornyn, R-Texas and Susan Collins, R-MAINE, then discovered that he would vote for advancement.
Gabbard left the Democratic Party and supported Trump. (AP Photo/Julia Demree Nikhinson)
Senator James Lankford, R-Okla, approved Trump’s DNI nominated last month after announcing changed certificates of section 702, a critical and controversial tool for collecting intelligence.
He repeated this support after the hearing.
However, there were questions about certain senators until the Committee voting on Tuesday. Todd Young Senator, R-Ind., Is one of the MPs who has not revealed how he will vote until hours before.
In a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, the Senator said: “US intelligence officials around the world deserve our respect and support. I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard’s Engaging with me in various issues to ensure that our intelligence experts will be supported, and politics bringers will receive impartial information under her leadership. “
“I did what the Farmers envisioned for senators: use a consultative procedure to seek solid obligations, in this case an obligation that will improve our national security, which is my main priority as a former intelligence services for the Marin Corps. I will support Tulsi nomination And I look forward to working with her to protect our national security, “he added.
Young didn’t say he planned to vote. (Alex Wong)
In a deleted post on X weekend, a billionaire Trump, Elon Musk, scored young as a “Marioneet of a Deep State” regarding his uncertainty regarding Gabbard.
But the two of them seemed to patch things up for a phone call shortly after.
Musk criticized the senator for his hesitation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Young spokesman told Fox News Digital in the statement: “Senator Young and Mr. Musk have had a great conversation about numerous topics and areas of politics in which they have a common interest, such as Doge.”
Musk also shared on X over the weekend, “I just watched a great conversation with [Young]. I stand corrected. The Young Senator will be a great ally in the return of power to people from a huge, unprecedented bureaucracy. ”
