Political Quotes

“I rise once more to oppose the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence. As I have said repeatedly, I have great respect for Ms. Gabbard's over 20 years of service to our Nation both in and out of uniform. I am, however, profoundly worried that she lacks the qualifications or judgment to be DNI. The job of the Director of National Intelligence is not a duty to be taken lightly. The incumbent serves as the principal intelligence adviser to the President and also bears the weight of responsibility to prevent another 9/11. The DNI must also represent the tens of thousands of intelligence professionals around the world who often toil in anonymity. They serve as America's first line of defense against terrorists, transnational criminals, and adversarial nations that wish to do us harm. She must also represent America to our allies as a trustworthy partner. Unfortunately, through her own words and actions, Ms. Gabbard has demonstrated she is not up to the task. She took the word of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad against the assessments of our own Department of Defense, State Department, and intelligence community when she denied that Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. She knowingly met with a Syrian cleric who had vocally threatened to conduct suicide bomb attacks against the United States. She sought to blame the United States and NATO--the United States and NATO--for Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine.…”