Donald Trump on Wednesday named former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who has opposed US support for Ukraine and met Syria's president Bashar al-Assad, as his incoming Director of National Intelligence. The Republican president-elect said Gabbard,

The meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hung over Gabbard, Trump’s choice for director of national intelligence, as she ran for president in 2020.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) said Wednesday she is “appalled” by President-elect Trump’s choice of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) as the director of national intelligence (DNI). In a

President-elect Trump has picked former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. She secretly met with Syrian Dictator Bashar Al-Assad in 2017. Former Rep. Charlie Dent describes what he told Gabbard about that visit.

Gabbard, an Army Reserve officer whose antiwar views are seen as sympathetic to Moscow, is considered an unconventional choice to lead U.S. spy agencies.

From blaming NATO for the Ukraine war to echoing Russian propaganda, Gabbard has ruffled feathers inside the spy agencies she could soon lead.

Tulsi Gabbard - a former Democratic congresswoman who joined the Republican Party to back Donald Trump - is the president-elect's pick for director of national intelligence. The wide-ranging role would mean she oversees US intelligence agencies like the CIA,

Max Rose reacts to Trump's choice to name antiwar Tulsi Gabbard to his Cabinet and explains how a second Trump admin would bring the U.S. closer to war