Gabbard throws a light to visit Assad, expresses a shock to the intelligence community at that time did not show interest
Director of National Candidate for Intelligence Candidate Tulsi Gabbard threw extra light on her meeting in 2017 with then Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad, a journey that was under the microscope from the President Donald Trump appointed a former congress woman.
“There is not much of this in public records that you and Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad talked for so long in January 2017. And I think that the American people are about what was discussed at that meeting. So what did you talk about? Senator? Martin Heinrich, dn.m., Gabbard asked Thursday.
Gabbard, when she served at an American house, traveled to Syria in 2017, when she met with a dictator, whose government was overthrown years later in 2024. The visit became the focal point of the criticism of Democrats over the nominated DNA, claiming to visit Cast Sumbs about her worldview and judgment.
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Tulsi Gabbard testifies during the hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on his nomination for the Director of the National Intelligence, on the Capitol Hill on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC (Mandel Ngan / Afpgetty Images)
“Yes, Senator, I met with people like then -manager Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer after returning from this trip, talked to them and answered their journey questions,” Gabbard, who served in the US House representing Hawaii From 2013 to 2021 he replied.
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“And quite honestly, I was surprised that there was no one from intelligence community Or a state department he told or showed any interest in my departure from that trip. I would be very happy to talk to them and give them a brief. I went with former Congressman Dennis Kucinic, who had been there many times and who had previously met with Assad. Numerous topics have been covered and discussed. And answer your question directly, yes. I asked him difficult questions about the actions of my own regime. The use of chemical weapons and brutal tactics used against his own people. “
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, seen while signing a comprehensive program of strategic and long-term cooperation between Iran and Syria, May 3, 2023 in Damascus, Syria. (Photo Borna News/Matin Ghasemi/Aksonline Atpimages/Getty Images)
Former speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi He also met with Assad in 2007, despite the then criticism of then President George W. Bush.
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“Have you been able to draw any concessions from President Assad?” Asked Heinrich Gabbard.
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s candidate to be director of the National Intelligence, arrives to testify during his hearing for confirmation before the Senate Intelligence Committee at the Senate Office of Dirksen on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“No, and I didn’t expect, but I felt that these questions were important to deal with,” she continued.
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“Only in complete backwards, would you, would you look at this trip as, good judgment?” Senate MP continued.
“Yes, Senator. And I believe that leaders, whether you are in the congress or the president of the United States, can greatly benefit from going and engaging boots on the field, learning and listening to and meeting directly with people, whether opponents or opponents or are opponents or opponents or opponents or opponents are either opponents or opponents either are opponents or are opponents or are friends or are friends, “Gabbard said.
Gabbard appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday as part of his appointment procedure for performing the Director of National Intelligence Other Trump administration.
