Tulsi Gabbard Confirmation Destination to be tested with the vote of the key committee

Tulsi Gabbard He is ready to prove his probabilities of Senate confirmation on Tuesday, since the Select Senate Intelligence Committee considers his nomination by President Donald Trump.

Gabbard, a former Democratic congressman who has been chosen as the nominee of the National Intelligence Director (DNI), was before the committee last week. During his confirmation hearing, he was pressed on his previous meeting with former Syrian President Basha Edward Snowden.

He remarkably refused to agree that Snowden was a traitor during the audience.

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The Committee will vote on the Gabbard nomination on Tuesday, two familiar sources confirmed to Fox News Digital.

While the Intel Committee Tom Cotton, R-Ark.He has continued to promote Gabbard for the role, at least one key Republican senator in the Superior Committee is considered a possible deserter in the nomination vote.

Senator Todd Young, Republican from Indiana, has not said how he plans to vote in the committee.

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In a position from Deleted in X, Trump’s aligned billionaire, Elon Musk, said Young was a “deep state puppet” regarding his uncertainty about Gabbard.

A Young spokesman told Fox News Digital in a statement: “Senator Young and Mr. Musk had a great conversation about a series of issues and policy areas where they have a shared interest, such as Doge.”

Musk also shared in X during the weekend: “I just had an excellent conversation with (Young). I corrected. Senator Young will be a great ally to restore the people of the vast bureaucracy not chosen.”

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At the same time, Gabbard has won a series of key endorsements of Republicans in the Committee.

Senator James Lankford, Okla Republican., He backed the nominated last month after he announced a reversal of his position against section 702 of FISA.

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He also received the support of Senator John Cornyn, Republican from Texas, after his audience.

“Article II, Section 2, clause 2 establishes that the President will appoint the officers with the Council and the consent of the Senate. Having won the elections decisively, I believe that President Trump has earned the right to appoint his own cabinet , absent from extraordinary circumstances.

The moderate senator of the Republican Party, Susan Collins, R-MAIN National Intelligence “.

“As one of the main authors of the Law on Intelligence and Terrorism Prevention of 2004 that established this coordinating position, I understand the critical role that the DNI plays in the intelligence community. Larger than what was designed to be, And Mrs. Gabbard shares my vision of returning to the agency to its planned size.

The vote of the Collins Crucial Committee was not a certainty, especially given the habit of resisting his party. Recently he did this in the confirmation vote for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, joining the sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., And Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaaska, to vote against him.

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Gabbard will probably need the support of each Republican in the committee, assuming that there is no vote of Democrats in his favor. None of the Democratic senators have said that they will vote to advance their nomination.