Tulsi Gabbard faced hard questions on Thursday during her Senate committee confirmation hearing to be director of national intelligence.
In his opening remarks, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., chairman of the Intelligence Committee, issued a strong statement of support for Gabbard, who formerly served as a Democrat congresswoman representing Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District. He highlighted how, just like Gabbard, he had opposed regime change in Egypt and Libya.
Cotton noted that Gabbard had undergone five FBI background checks, and that he had recently looked at all 300 pages of her most recent background check.
He also harshly criticized unsuccessful 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton for calling Gabbard an asset of a foreign government, noting that Gabbard had faithfully served for two decades in the U.S. Army. Gabbard remains an officer…
