US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat and the first-ever Hindu elected to the US Congress, would serve as Director of National Intelligence in his second term. A four-term Congresswoman, 2020 presidential candidate and NYT bestselling author, Gabbard is a veteran with three deployments to war zones in the Middle East and Africa. She recently moved from being a Democrat to a Republican member. "I am pleased to announce that former Congresswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard, will serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and the Freedoms of all Americans," Trump announced. "As a former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, she has broad support in both parties. She is now a proud Republican! I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and .
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump's presidential bid, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent four years ago and linking herself to the GOP nominee's critiques of Vice President Kamala Harris and the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal. Appearing Monday with Trump in Detroit, Gabbard, a National Guard veteran who served two tours of duty in the Middle East, said that the GOP nominee understands the grave responsibility that a president and commander in chief bears for every single one of our lives. The pair appeared at the National Guard Association of the United States on the third anniversary of the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which killed 13 US service members and more than 100 Afghans. Gabbard accompanied Trump earlier Monday to Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president laid wreaths in honor of three of the slain service members Sgt. Nicole Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover a
Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump, confirmed Gabbard's involvement in an email, NYT reported
Former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard announced she is leaving the Democratic Party, denouncing it as an "elitist cabal of war mongers,"
Gabbard's address came amidst protests in the US against the killing of African-American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
In the interview, Clinton did not say which Democratic candidate she meant.
The 38-year-old Democrat said the threats of war, international tensions and the threats of a new cold war convinced her she should focus on the presidential race
The first ever Hindu to be elected to the US House of Representatives, Gabbard vowed that she would fight for the rights and freedom of all Americans
Tulsi Now Inc, the campaign committee for Gabbard, said Google suspended the campaign's advertising account for six hours on June 27 and June 28
US Representative Tulsi Gabbard joined the protests in San Juan, saying she wanted to 'stand up to corruption'
Tulsi Gabbard had indicated in an interview with CNN earlier this month that she would be a candidate
Gabbard is an Iraq War veteran and is currently serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She is also the first American Samoan as well as the first Hindu member of Congress
President Donald Trump is all set to seek his re-election in 2020, none of the Democratic candidates have announced their bid yet
A Democrat, Gabbard last week was elected for the fourth term for the US House of Representatives
The announcement came days after reports emerged that the Trump administration was considering tightening H-1B visa rules that could lead to deportation of 7,50,000 Indians
She has vowed to work for furthering Indo-US relation
She said the recent terrorist attack in Uri which killed 19 Indian soldiers is deeply troubling.
Gabbard is seeking her third-term re-election from Hawaii against Republican candidate Angela Kaaihue