Tulsi Gabbard represented Hawaii as a Democrat in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2021.
Washington — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has selected former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard , who represented Hawaii in Congress as a Democrat and unsuccessfully sought the party's presidential nomination in 2020, to serve as his director of national intelligence.'For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our country and the freedoms of all Americans,' Trump said in a statement announcing Gabbard as his pick.
Trump has spent the days following his election to a second term filling the ranks of his Cabinet and senior staff at the White House. Among those the president-elect has tapped for his national security team are Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida for national security adviser, former Rep. John Ratcliffe for CIA director and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense.Gabbard served in the Army National Guard for more than 20 years and was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait.
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