The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as the director of national intelligence Wednesday, 52-48, as enough Republicans coalesced behind a nominee once seen as facing one of the roughest paths to confirmation.
Gabbard, who represented Hawaii in the House as a Democrat from 2013 to 2021, will lead an intelligence office that spans 18 agencies and organizations.
“Our country will be safer and more secure with Director Gabbard,” Senate Intelligence Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said in a social media post after the vote.
