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Tulsi Gabbard is acceptable to trial her likelihood of Senate confirmation connected Tuesday arsenic the Senate Select Committee connected Intelligence considers her information by President Donald Trump.
Gabbard, a erstwhile Democrat congresswoman who has been tapped arsenic the nominee for manager of nationalist quality (DNI), went earlier the committee past week. During her confirmation hearing, she was pressed astir her past gathering with erstwhile Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, her erstwhile FISA Section 702 stance and her past enactment for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
She notably refused to hold that Snowden was a traitor during the hearing.
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The committee volition ballot connected Gabbard's information connected Tuesday, 2 sources acquainted confirmed to Fox News Digital.
While Intel Committee Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has continued to beforehand Gabbard for the role, astatine slightest 1 cardinal Republican legislator connected the apical committee is considered a imaginable defector connected the information vote.
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., hasn't said however helium plans to ballot successful committee.
In a since-deleted station connected X, Trump-aligned billionaire Elon Musk said Young was a "deep authorities puppet" successful respect to his uncertainty astir Gabbard.
A spokesperson for Young told Fox News Digital successful a statement, "Senator Young and Mr. Musk had a large speech connected a fig of subjects and argumentation areas wherever they person a shared interest, similar DOGE."
Musk besides shared connected X implicit the weekend, "Just had an fantabulous speech with [Young]. I basal corrected. Senator Young volition beryllium a large state successful restoring powerfulness to the radical from the vast, unelected bureaucracy."
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At the aforesaid time, Gabbard has earned a fig of cardinal endorsements from Republicans connected the committee.
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., endorsed the nominee past period aft she announced a reversal of her presumption against FISA Section 702.
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She besides received the backing of Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, aft her hearing.
"Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 provides that the President shall name officers with the proposal and consent of the Senate. Having won the predetermination decisively, I judge President Trump has earned the close to name his ain cabinet, absent bonzer circumstances. Therefore, it is my volition to consent to the assignment of Tulsi Gabbard arsenic Director of National Intelligence," Cornyn said successful a statement.
Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced her enactment for Gabbard connected Monday evening, saying successful a statement, "After extended information of her nomination, I volition enactment Tulsi Gabbard to beryllium the Director of National Intelligence."
"As 1 of the main authors of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 that established this coordinating position, I recognize the captious relation the DNI plays successful the Intelligence Community. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, however, has go acold larger than it was designed to be, and Ms. Gabbard shares my imaginativeness of returning the bureau to its intended size. In effect to my questions during our treatment successful my bureau and astatine the unfastened hearing, arsenic good arsenic done her mentation astatine the closed proceeding earlier the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ms. Gabbard addressed my concerns regarding her views connected Edward Snowden. I look guardant to moving with Ms. Gabbard to fortify our nationalist security."
Collins' important committee ballot was not a certainty, particularly fixed her wont of bucking her party. She astir precocious did this connected the confirmation ballot for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, joining Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, successful voting against him.
Gabbard volition apt request the enactment of each azygous Republican connected the committee, assuming nary Democrats ballot successful her favor. None of the Democrat senators person said they volition ballot to beforehand her nomination.
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