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.
If approved by the Senate, Gabbard will oversee US intelligence agencies like the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA).
Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence disregarded U.S. assessments of chemical weapons attacks and instead looked to contested academic research.
Tulsi Gabbard fought back against what she called “smears,” declaring she is nobody’s “puppet” before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an unannounced trip to Syria in 2017 where she met with the now-deposed dictator twice.
If she is confirmed as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard would be the youngest-ever in that role, the first millennial, the first Asian American, and only the second woman to hold the position.
Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faces a narrow path to confirmation amid concerns on a number of issues.
Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be Director of National Intelligence, will face tough questioning on Russia, Syria and surveillance at what is expected to be contentious Senate hearing on Thursday.
Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of national intelligence, pushed back against criticism of past comments on Russia and Syria at a confirmation hearing on Thursday,
Staffers for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard were wrestling with a question: Had she really met with the authoritarian leader of Syria for almost three hours? It was Feb. 5, 2017, and the Hawaii Democrat ...
Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face tough questions about her past comments about Russia, Syria and a key government surveillance program as lawmakers vet her to lead the nation’s intelligence service.