by Helen Tansey at T-Room.us
President Trump’s nominee for Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) went before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Gabbard nailed it. She did an excellent job responding to many ‘gotcha’ questions by the left side of the aisle where the right side of the aisle focused on Gabbard’s leadership abilities, his experience and his skill set
Here’s a snapshot of Gabbard’s background:
(born April 12, 1981, Leloaloa, American Samoa) is an American politician and military officer who was selected by Pres.Donald Trumpto serve as director of national intelligence(DNI) in his second administration (2025– ). Gabbard previously represented Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives (2013–21). In 2020 she unsuccessfully ran for the Democraticpresidential nomination, and four years later she joined the Republican Party. Beginning in 2003 Gabbard served in the Hawaii Army National Guard and later in the U.S. Army Reserve.
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In 2002 Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, won a seat in Hawaii’s House of Representatives. Just 21 years old, she became the youngest person ever elected to the state’s legislature. The following year, after the United States invaded Iraq, she joined the Hawaii Army National Guard. In 2004 she left the state House to serve in Iraq, where she was assigned to a medical unit. She returned to the United Statesin 2005 and was awarded a Combat Medical Badge. Gabbard then studied at the AcceleratedOfficer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy, graduating in 2007. From 2008 to 2009 she trained counterterrorism units in Kuwait. She left the National Guard in 2020 to join the Army Reserve. During this time, she studied business management at Hawaii Pacific University (B.S., 2009).
WATCH Tulsi Gabbard’s opening statement before the Senate Intelligence Committee:
https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1884994026774102455
Well I guess Tulsi had a rock solid reason for her trip to Syria…
Imagine you enlist after 9/11, fight in Iraq
Then learn the CIA was running an op to arm Islamists in Syria
And you’re on the House Armed Services Committee
Reasonable to investigate
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) January 30, 2025
WATCH Gabbard’s full Senate Intelligence Committee: