Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence [View all]

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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.