Author: Unknown
Published on: 30/01/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Tulsi Gabbard has been outspoken against interventionist foreign policy. She unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020, and two years later, quit the Democratic Party. If confirmed, she would become chief of the US intelligence community. With a 53-seat majority in the 100-member Senate, Republicans are expected to confirm all Trump’s picks. In 2020, a US court found that the surveillance exposed by Snowden was illegal. Snowden, who fled to Hong Kong, was granted asylum in Russia after the US government revoked his passport. Democratic Senator Michael Bennet asked her several times whether she considers Snowden a traitor. Gabbard said Snowden broke the law and she does not agree with his actions. Gabbard met with al-Assad at a time when the US was calling on him to step down over atrocities committed by his government. She also denied meeting with any Hezbollah officials while in Lebanon. She said her main concern has been “extremist” Syrian rebels. HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is now the transitional president of Syria. The US previously offered a reward for capturing him, but it was revoked after US officials visited him in Damascus in December. Gabbard gave a nod to the president who nominated her.
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