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Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump’s director of national intelligence

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmedTulsi Gabbardas President Donald Trump’sdirector of national intelligenceafter Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.

Gabbard was an unconventional pick to oversee and coordinate the country’s 18 different intelligence agencies, givenher past comments sympathetic to Russia, a meeting sheheld with now-deposed Syrian President Bashar Assadand her previous support for government leakerEdward Snowden.

Gabbard, a military veteran and former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, was confirmed by a 52-48 vote, with Democrats opposed in the sharply divided Senate where Republicans hold a slim majority. The only “no’ vote from a Republican came from Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

She is the latest high-ranking nomineeto win Senate confirmationas the new administration works to reshape vast portions of the federal government, including the intelligence apparatus.

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