Tulsi Gabbard She was supposed to test her chances of confirming the Senate on Tuesday, as the Senate Committee for the selection of intelligence data considers her nomination of President Donald Trump.
Gabbard, a former Democratic Congress Woman who was eavesdropped on as a candidate for a national intelligence director (DNA), left last week before the Committee. During the certificate hearing, she was pressed because of her last meeting with former Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, her previous attitude of FISA section 702 and her last support from NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden.
She particularly refused to agree that Snowden was a traitor during hearing.
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Tulsi Gabbard, the election of President Donald Trump to be the director of the National Intelligence, participates in a hearing for the confirmation of the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington on January 30, 2025. (AP)
The Committee will vote on Gabbard’s nomination on Tuesday, two well -known Fox News Digital sources have been confirmed.
While the Chairman of the Intel Committee Tom Cotton, R-ARK.He continued to promote Gabbard for the role, at least one key Republican senator in the Upper Committee is considered to be a potential defect in voting for the nomination.
Todd Young Senator, R-Ind. He did not say he was planning to vote on the committee.
Todd Young Senator, R-Ind., Did not say what he was planning to do about Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for DNA. (Alex Wong)
In a deleted post on X, a billionaire Elon Musk aligned with Trump said that Young is a “puppet of a deep state” regarding his uncertainty about Gabbard.
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. ”
Lankford supported Gabbard last month. (Reuters)
At the same time, Gabbard earned a number of key approval from the Republicans in the Committee.
Senator James Lankford, R-Okla, approved the candidate last month after announcing the turnaround of her position against FIS section 702.
After hearing, she also received the support of senator John Cornyn, R-Texas.
“Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 provides that the President appoints officers with the tips and consent of the Senate. He firmly won the election, I believe that President Trump earned the right to appoint his own cabinet, absent extraordinary circumstances. Therefore, my intention is to agree to appoint Tulsi Gabbard as a national intelligence director, “Cornyn said in a statement.
The moderate Susan Collins Senator Senator, R-MAINE, announced her support to Gabbard on Monday night, saying: “After an extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of the National Intelligence.”
“As one of the main authors of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Acts, which established this coordination position, I understand the critical role that DNI plays in the intelligence community. However, the Office of the National Intelligence Director has become far greater than it was Imagined to be, and Mrs. Gabbard shares my vision of the return of the agency into his intended size.
Collins will vote in support of Gabbard. (Mark Makela)
The vote of Collins’s key committee was not security, especially given the habit of dealing with a party. Recently, she did so at the vote for confirmation for the Minister of Defense Pete Hegsetha, joining Sons. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., And Lisa Murkowski, R-Alask, in voting against him.
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Gabbard will probably need the support of each Republican in the Committee, assuming that there is no Democrat vote in her favor. None of the democratic senators said she would vote to improve her nomination.
