Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard seemingly backtracked on previous statements regarding whether she believes now-toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on the country's population.
Asked by Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich about her 2017 trip to the Middle Eastern country, Gabbard said she met with al-Assad and "asked him tough questions about his own regime's actions," including the "use of chemical weapons and brutal tactics being used against his own people."
