Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence

[ShazamIam]

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Source: msnbc.com

The Senate voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence on Wednesday, elevating a former lawmaker with controversial foreign policy views to the head of the country’s spy agencies.

Gabbard was confirmed on a 52-48 vote. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was the only Republican to oppose Gabbard’s confirmation.

A former Democratic congresswoman turned Republican, Gabbard was initially considered a long shot for DNI given her history of going against U.S. intelligence consensus and her warm views on American adversaries like Russian President Vladimir Putin and now-deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/senate-confirms-tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-rcna190841

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I saw another msnbc link, Susan Collins was worried, just not enough.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. At least the Democratic senators all voted correctly. McConnell showed a shred of integrity.

That does mean no other Republican can fairly be called a "national security" Republican any more. They're all in bed with Vladimir.

[ShazamIam]

2. Gabbard not only not qualified but is a security risk, this killed any hopes I had that a few Republican senators were

going to stand for democracy, they have all sold out to Trump.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Duplicate

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10143394666

[ShazamIam]

5. Does that mean I have to delete? and I did check before posting but didn't scroll down far enough. I apologize. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Not required (it does serve one purpose). You can wait for mod adjudication

My word is never final. There are times I am wrong. I am not a moderator.

Self-deleting does mean that comments don't accumulate in a potentially doomed thread. There can be as many threads as desired in General Discussion.

[ShazamIam]

9. Did you consult with the mods? Sorry about the reply delay I had to leave for a while. nt

[Joinfortmill]

4. What Fucks.

[Turbineguy]

7. Now Putin can reduce the costs of his intel service.

[totodeinhere]

8. So now we have a Russiaan asset as Director of National Intelligence.

God save us.

[GP6971]

10. Locking. Dupe of https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10143394666