Tulsi Gabbard Plans Capitol Hill Charm Offensive to Address GOP Concerns

After she returns from her National Guard duty this weekend in Oklahoma, Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, will travel on Monday to Washington D.C., her team tells National Review, where she will kickstart her closed-door meetings with senators who are eager to press her about her unorthodox views on Russia and Syria.

Ahead of the meeting, Gabbard’s team is prioritizing outreach to Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has jurisdiction over her nomination. In her private meetings with senators, the U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and former Hawaii congresswoman plans to address questions about her foreign policy rhetoric by leaning into Trump’s approach to negotiating with American adversaries overseas, a source familiar with the matter tells NR.

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After she returns from her National Guard duty this weekend in Oklahoma, Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, will travel on Monday to Washington D.C., her team tells National Review, where she will kickstart her closed-door meetings with senators who are eager to press her about her unorthodox views on Russia and Syria.

Ahead of the meeting, Gabbard’s team is prioritizing outreach to Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has jurisdiction over her nomination. In her private meetings with senators, the U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and former Hawaii congresswoman plans to address questions about her foreign policy rhetoric by leaning into Trump’s approach to negotiating with American adversaries overseas, a source familiar with the matter tells NR.