Newly confirmed CIA director John Ratcliffe previewed what the agency will look like going forward under his leadership, including preventing it from becoming partisan toward specific candidates. Ratcliffe was confirmed on Thursday as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency,
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.
Three of President Donald Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks will face Senate committees this week -- Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel.
Ratcliffe faced a brief delay to his nomination from Democrats questioning his independence from President Donald Trump.
Trump took the action after the former officials said in 2020 that leaks from Hunter Biden laptop could be "a Russian information operation."
Danica Patrick, known for her strong motorsport career as a female in the industry, has recently confirmed her support for Tulsi Gabbard, nominated by President Donald Trump for the role of National Intelligence Director. She used her Instagram stories, via Sportskeeda, to share a Newsmax post that defended Gabbard (below).
Current and former European and U.S. officials have raised concerns about some of President Donald Trump’s picks for top intelligence posts.
In 2012, Tulsi Gabbard was seen as the future of the Democratic party. She gave a headline speech at the convention nominating Barack Obama for his second term. Pelosi praised her. Vogue deemed her the next “Democratic Party star.”
"Both Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. represent parts of the new coalition in our party," Vance said, suggesting saying "no" to them would be an "insult" to new voters.
In 2015, Gabbard was part of a congressional trip led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., to the Turkish-Syrian border to see the impact of the war. As part of that trip, they visited Gaziantep, where civilians from Syria were receiving medical treatment across the border in Turkey.
That she’s soft on Russia isn’t even the biggest problem with her DNI nomination.