​Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, is expected to get a grilling from Senate Intelligence Committee members Thursday on her controversial record on national security, including her 2017 meetings with then Syrian leader Bashar Assad.  Gabbard, a former Democrat who represented Hawaii in the House, is seeking to solidify enough Republican support to carry her to confirmation. If confirmed, she w…

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Gabbard faces questions on Assad meetings, surveillance policy

Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, faced a contentious confirmation hearing on Thursday, and one of her responses left a Republican senator with "a lot of questions."Several Senators on the Intelligence Committee demanded answers...

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Tulsi Gabbard says she now supports surveillance she once tried to end. The issue could decide whether she's confirmed as director of national intelligence.

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Gabbard’s flip-flop on surveillance program will be under the spotlight at hearing for DNI job

In her confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was pressed on her relationship with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and walked back previous statements criticizing Trump's policy choices.

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Senators on Thursday probed former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the nation’s chief intelligence official, on a controversial surveillance program that critics contend puts marginalized communities at disproportionate risk.   The Democrat-turned-Republican and Trump supporter has shifted her stances on a variety of topics, including Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Service Act (FISA), which has been critic…

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Director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard shed further light on her 2017 meeting with then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a trip that has come under the microscope since President Donald Trump nominated the former congresswoman.  “There is not a great deal in the public record about what you and Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad discussed for so long in January of 2017. And I think there’s a great deal of interest from the American…

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DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard provided additional details on her meeting with then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017, while appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Gabbard faces questions on Assad meetings, surveillance policy

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