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Where Is Tulsi Gabbard? – The Atlantic

Where Is Tulsi Gabbard? – The Atlantic

Published by José Betancourt

The Trump administration is running a war with a skeleton crew, a small group of insiders and officials whose official roles seem to matter less than their loyalty to Donald Trump. When the president was making his decision to go to war with Iran, he met in mid-February with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Other people in the room included White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles; the secretaries of State and Defense, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth; and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. During this crucial meeting, Vice President Vance was out of town. Also missing? Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the person who is in charge of the entire U.S. intelligence community, and who is technically Ratcliffe’s superior. When the war began, the White House put out a picture of Gabbard and Vance meeting with a few Cabinet officials in the Situation Room, looking like they’d been sent to the kids’ table at a wedding. Since then, Gabbard has made herself scarce: She was, after all, once an anti-war Democrat who sold T-shirts …

Tulsi Gabbard Struggles to Sell Trump’s War With Iran

Tulsi Gabbard Struggles to Sell Trump’s War With Iran

Published by Sam Flores

As she sat before the House Intelligence Committee this week to present the annual “worldwide threats” briefing, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was stone-faced. When she spoke, she looked sheepish, particularly when confronted with a speech she delivered on the House floor in 2020 after President Donald Trump bombed Iran during his first term. “President Trump has committed an illegal and unconstitutional act of war, pushing our nation headlong into a war with Iran without any authorization from Congress,” Gabbard said at the time. “A war that would be so costly and devastating it would make our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan look like a picnic.” “Director Gabbard,” asked Representative Ami Bera, “do you still believe that strikes against Iran that don’t have congressional authorization constitute an illegal and unconstitutional act of war?” Gabbard refused to say. When pressed repeatedly, she could only muster a meek reply: That she had to check her personal opinions at the door in order to serve as the president’s top intelligence adviser. The bashful display marks rock-bottom for …

Tulsi Gabbard Dodges Question About Iran

Tulsi Gabbard Dodges Question About Iran

Published by Sam Flores

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Watch live: Gabbard, Ratcliffe face House panel on threats amid Iran conflict

Watch live: Gabbard, Ratcliffe face House panel on threats amid Iran conflict

Published by Sam Flores

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and others will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning on national security threats as the U.S. military operation in Iran nears the three-week mark. The hearing comes a day after Gabbard and Ratcliffe faced tense questioning in the Senate over Operation Epic… Source link

“I would not participate”: Gabbard defends presence at FBI election center raid in Georgia

“I would not participate”: Gabbard defends presence at FBI election center raid in Georgia

Published by Sam Flores

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard faced questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about her role in a January FBI raid on an election center in Fulton County, Georgia. The raid was carried out to seize ballots in order to find evidence that the 2020 election was rigged against President Donald Trump. Trump has cited fraud in Fulton County repeatedly while sharing the widely disproven claim. Gabbard was spotted in photos of the raid, talking on her mobile phone. The highly unusual move for a national intelligence director prompted vocal concern from Democratic lawmakers and confusion among some Trump administration officials. Gabbard has shared the idea that prominent Democrats took part in a “treasonous conspiracy” when they floated the idea of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Her presence at the raid bolstered worries that she might work to interfere in future elections on Trump’s behalf. On Wednesday Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., questioned Gabbard’s authority to involve herself in “a domestic law enforcement activity in Georgia.” Gabbard said she did not “participate” in the raid because the ability to …

Tulsi Gabbard squirms as she’s questioned over Iran as Russia calls he | World | News

Tulsi Gabbard squirms as she’s questioned over Iran as Russia calls he | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was grilled during an awkward clash with US lawmakers on Wednesday, focused on the Iran war. Her tense exchange came as Russian state media branded Ms Gabbard their only “friend” in Washington. U.S. lawmakers questioned Gabbard on Wednesday after the resignation of a top counterterrorism official, Joe Kent. As she was questioned by U.S. lawmakers, Gabbard appeared to avoid answering a question about Iran’s ‘imminent nuclear threat’. Politico reported that “she’s largely been silent since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran in late February, and she’s been kept out of military planning on Iran since the U.S. struck nuclear sites in the country last summer”. His comments marked the latest in a series of conflicting explanations for the initial strikes on Tehran that triggered open hostilities on February 28. Insisting Iran was on the brink of nuclear capability, he said: “They would’ve had a nuclear weapon within one month of when we sent the B-2 bombers to hit their nuclear potential.” The warning comes after officials …

Senate holds worldwide threats hearing with Gabbard, Patel and Ratcliffe

Senate holds worldwide threats hearing with Gabbard, Patel and Ratcliffe

Published by Sam Flores

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