GOP Senator Sees Many Queries for Trump’s Intelligence Pick
- Tulsi Gabbard’s visit to Syrian leader is a question: Lankford
- Trump’s incoming security adviser warns US foes on transition
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the US intelligence community is likely to face tough questions during confirmation hearings, including over her meeting with Syria’s leader, Republican Senator James Lankford said.
Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee for director of national intelligence, is a Trump loyalist and former Democratic representative from Hawaii who switched parties. She’s expected to face scrutiny for comments sympathetic to Russia and a 2017 visit to Syria where she met President Bashar al-Assad.