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2024-11-14 Home Front: Politix
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President Trump: Tulsi Gabbard will serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
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Tulsi Gabbard, a veteran and active duty Army reservist, served in the House as a Democrat from Hawaii from 2013 to 2021, before joining the Republican Party and campaigning for Trump in his most recent race for president. She is now a co-chair of the Trump transition team.
In September, Gabbard told Fox News Digital she would be "honored" to join a Trump administration and added that bringing an end "to the influence of the military industrial complex," working to prevent World War III and bringing the U.S. back "from the brink of nuclear war" would be among her priorities.
She was reportedly interested in the defense secretary job, but Trump is reported to have promised that appointment to former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, also an Army veteran.
Gabbard has criticized Democrats as "pro-censorship" and "anti-freedom," but her criticisms have extended to Republicans, as well. She has spoken out against U.S. involvement in the Middle East and criticized Trump during his first administration for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
Gabbard controversially met with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017 during the country’s civil war. She was opposed to the U.S. arming Syrian rebel groups and said she was "ready to meet with anyone if there's a chance it can help bring about an end to this war."
Gabbard was reportedly placed on a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) watchlist for terrorists known as "Quiet Skies" earlier this year.
The program allows federal air marshals to follow U.S. citizens and collect information on their behavior in an effort to stop threats "posed by unknown or partially known terrorists."
"As I was traveling, I ended up in 30 to 45 minutes of going through screening every time I would go to the airport to fly," she told Fox’s One Nation. "I noticed air marshals, I noticed K-9 teams. There were things that I saw and noticed that were highly unusual. But the deepest pain and harm and stress that’s been caused by this is that, forever going forward, I will always be looking over my shoulder, wondering if and how my government is surveilling me."
In Congress, she co-sponsored legislation that would ban first-use of nuclear weapons and often decries politicians who "beat the drums of war and ratchet up tensions."
Gabbard, who is a Fox News contributor, could not be reached for comment.
The director of national intelligence leads an office that advises the president, National Security Council and Homeland Security Council on national security matters. Any nominee for the role must be confirmed by the Senate – or put in on an acting basis. 
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