https://apnews.com/article/tulsi-gabbard-trump-senate-national-intelligence-director-a1045b3f6bf91e491892e347b42cdc90 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.
Staffers at the CIA and other intelligence agencies have receivedbuyout offers, while lawmakers and security experts have raised concerns about Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiencyaccessing databasescontaining information about intelligence operations.
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created to address intelligence failures exposed by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Republicans have increasingly criticized the office, saying it has grown too large and politicized. Trump himself has longviewed the nation’s intelligence services with suspicion. GOP senators who had expressed concerns about Gabbard’s stance on Snowden, Syria and Russia said they were won over by her promise to refocus on the office’s core missions: coordinating federal intelligence work and serving as the president’s chief intelligence adviser. “While I continue to have concerns about certain positions she has previously taken, I appreciate her commitment to rein in the outsized scope of the agency,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, adding that Gabbard will bring “independent thinking” to the job. McConnell, the former GOP leader, said in a statement after the vote that in his assessment, Gabbard brings “unnecessary risk” to the position. “The nation should not have to worry that the intelligence assessments the President receives are tainted by a Director of National Intelligence with a history of alarming lapses in judgment,” McConnell said. At the White House, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “I think we’re greatly disappointed in any Republican who chooses willfully to vote against the president’s exceptionally qualified nominees.” McConnell alsovoted against confirming Pete Hegsethfor defense secretary. Democrats noted that Gabbard had no experience working for an intelligence agency and they said her past stances on Russia, Syria and Snowden were disqualifying. They also questioned whether she would stand up to Trump if necessary and could maintain vital intelligence sharing with American allies.
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“We simply cannot in good conscience trust our most classified secrets to someone who echoes Russian propaganda and falls for conspiracy theories,” said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who suggested that Republicans were only supporting Gabbard because of pressure from Trump. “Is Ms. Gabbard really who Republicans want to lead intelligence agencies? I’ll bet not,” Schumer said. Until GOP support fell into place, it was unclear whether Gabbard’s nomination would succeed. Given the 53-47 split in the Senate, Gabbard needed virtually all Republicans to vote “yes.” Trump’s “Make America Great Again” base haspressured senators to support Trump’s nominees, and Elon Musk, the president’s ally, took to social media recently to brand Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., as a “deep-state puppet.” Young had raised concerns about Gabbard but announced his support after speaking with Musk. The post was deleted after they spoke, and Musk later called Young an ally. Gabbard is a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard who deployed twice to the Middle East and ran for president in 2020. She has no formal intelligence experience and has never run a government agency or department. Gabbard’s past praise ofSnowdendrew particularly harsh questions during her confirmation hearing. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, fled to Russia after he was charged with revealing classified information about U.S. surveillance programs. Gabbard said that while Snowden disclosed important facts about such programs that she believes are unconstitutional, he violated rules about protecting classified secrets. “Edward Snowden broke the law,” she said. Gabbard’s 2017 visit with Assad was another flashpoint. He was recently deposed following a brutal civil war in which he was accused of using chemical weapons.
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Following her visit, Gabbard faced criticism that she was legitimizing a dictator, and then there were more questions when she said she was skeptical that Assad had used such weapons. Gabbard defended her meeting with Assad, saying she used the opportunity to press the Syrian leader on his human rights record. “I asked him tough questions about his own regime’s actions,” Gabbard said. She also has repeatedly echoedRussian propagandaused to justify the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. In the past, she opposed a key U.S.surveillance programknown as Section 702, which allows authorities to collect the communications of suspected terrorists overseas. END OF STORY.
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Elphaba Thropp, I got dem melty blue greens Wed 12 Feb 2025 21:19:06 No. 1383486 Report Quoted By:
>>1383479 National intelligence is an oxyMORON
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>>1383479 DEI trash
women should never be in positions of authority
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Hopefully this leads to better relationships and information sharing with Russia.
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>>1383504 hopefully your shill farm gets targeted by a drone
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>>1383512 You're gonna lose, hoholtranny. Trump's already negotiating with Putin and you won't get a say in the matter. Seethe
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>>1383513 lol. i'm american, you're clearly not. even if russia wins you still lose, get on the dirtbike
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>>1383479 today is a dark day for America, a tankie woman is now in charge of intelligence, you can't make this shit up
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>>1383515 If Russia wins all white non-trannies win actually
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>>1383519 A woman is best when she stays quiet and listens to what the men tell her to do. She might be a woman but she knows Trump and Elon make the decisions. That alone makes her more qualified then any of Bribens cronies
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>>1383523 >russia >white >not a flamingly homosexual warrior cult LOL
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>>1383526 Whatever helps you cope with the fact that piggers are gonna lose soon now that Trump's in charge :)
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>>1383528 enjoy dying for oligarchs, your family will enjoy the sack of potatoes received as your bereavement gift
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>>1383531 there's near infinite footage of russians dying senselessly but hey, as long as they don't pick you to die right
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>>1383532 You are right about one thing Russians are a warrior cult. The world has known this since WW2. Death is nothing compared to ultimate victory, especially when you know that the Kingdom of Heaven will be your reward. Western cuckolds would never understand this form of grit and stoicism because there are no men left in America or Europe. Except for Trump and Elon
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>>1383533 enjoy being dead i guess
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This woman is Natasha, Mike Johnson is Boris, Bernie Sanders is Bullwinkle, and AOC is Rocky.
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Now just put RFK through and end the war on Americans health waged by the pharma industry. No to vax. No to fluoride. No to pastuered milk. No to drugs. Just NO. RFK will make it great like Gabbard will make intelligence great again.
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>>1383575 >No to vax. No to fluoride. No to pastuered milk. No to drugs. Just NO. RFK will make it great like Gabbard will make intelligence great again. PASTURED. Time stamp 22:44 wasn't that 6:44 Moscow time, Sergei Ivanovich? WTF is ip posting from Moscow here st 6:44 am. I don't count because there's 45 centimeters of snow in my driveway and this leaf ain't goin' nowhere
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>>1383575 >>1383640 RFK confirmed. All you vaxxers, processed milk drinking, and pill slurper retards are about to get fucked. I know there's a lot of ADHD retards on here, and RFK Jr. has a greaet solution for your problems: shipped off to work camps for a year where you can sweat out the made up diseases.
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>>1383689 >processed milk drinking Enjoy your disease retard. Try drinking some river water next.
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>>1383694 If the libs are crying, you know everything is right with the world, so cry more. RFK is going to make milk great again. This is the end of ultraprocessed milk that makes men grow tits!
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>>1383694 Cow milk is naturally crystalline so does not have any disease in it.
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>>1383479 I love brown women.
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>>1383710 Well the Libs went hardcore authoritarian with a fake disease and pushing failed and harmful vaccines. Not just COVID, but measles and polio have proven to cause far more harm than prevent. CDC & WHO were never respected, but now they are just authoritarian mouthpieces pushing propaganda over medical facts and we are not stupid. We notice. Even if it were not harmful, I would still want every vaccine and synthetic medicine stopped until they can be reassessed for dangers, not just for safety but because it would make leftists howl with rage. This is as much about making America healthy as it is about taking our vengeance.
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>>1383756 hi shill. you're not american
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>>1383575 >Schools, colleges and states that require students to be vaccinated may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Donald Trump. Fucking finally. Logic and reason are taking back this country from the unsane leftis soience.