Gabbard, among President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees, overcame the initial objections of a handful of Republicans skeptical about her qualifications.

“Tulsi Gabbard,” the California Democrat said. “She has no experience in the intelligence community. She didn’t even serve on the (House) Intelligence Committee. She has a very questionable fondness for dictators who gas their own people and poison their own people like Bashar Assad and Vladimir Putin.”