“Tulsi Gabbard,” the California Democrat said. “She has no experience in the intelligence community. She didn’t even serve on the (House) Intelligence Committee. She has a very questionable fondness for dictators who gas their own people and poison their own people like Bashar Assad and Vladimir Putin.”

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill Jan. 30, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO The Senate voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence on Wednesday,

Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,