Trump Taps Tulsi for DNI

&NewLine;<p>One-time Democratic potential nominee for President&comma; Tulsi Gabbard&comma; since switched parties and allegiances&comma; and it paid off&period; Gabbard has been tapped as Donald Trump’s new director of national intelligence &lpar;DNI&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In announcing her as his pick for DNI&comma; the President-Elect called the former Democratic Representative from Hawaii a &&num;8220&semi;proud Republican&&num;8221&semi; with a &&num;8220&semi;fearless spirit&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Gabbard is a veteran who served in Iraq&comma; as well as an Army reservist&period; She was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U&period;S&period; Army Reserve three years ago&period; In a statement about her appointment&comma; Trump said that the former congresswoman &&num;8220&semi;has fought for our Country and the Freedoms of all Americans&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As a former Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination&comma; she has broad support in both Parties &&num;8211&semi; She is now a proud Republican&excl;&&num;8221&semi; Trump&&num;8217&semi;s statement said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community&comma; championing our Constitutional Rights and securing Peace through Strength&period; Tulsi will make us all proud&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The director of national intelligence leads the U&period;S&period; intelligence community&comma; which includes overseeing the National Intelligence Program and advising the president on security matters&period; The current national intelligence director is Avril Haines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Once confirmed to the position&comma; Gabbard will advise Trump&comma; the National Security Council&comma; and the Homeland Security Council on national security matters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After declaring that she had switched parties several months ago&comma; she actively campaigned for Trump and told Fox News back in September that she would be &&num;8220&semi;honored&&num;8221&semi; to join the Trump administration in any capacity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I feel I can make the most impact in these areas of national security and foreign policy and work to bring about the changes that President Trump talks about&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Gabbard said at the time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;