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Tulsi Gabbard (/ ˈ t ʌ l s i ˈ ɡ æ b ər d /; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving as the 8th director of national intelligence since 2025. . She has held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve since 2021, and previously served as U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2
Gabbard’s father, Mike Gabbard, was elected to the Hawaii state Senate in 2006 as a Republican; he rose to prominence campaigning against homosexuality and gay marriage.
MORE: Tulsi Gabbard's transition from Democrat to high-profile role with Trump's 2024 campaign team. Gabbard has, in recent years, strengthened her ties with Republicans in the House and the Senate.
Gabbard, 43, quickly became the target of a smear campaign that also accused her of being an agent of Russia — and focused on her meeting with Syria’s dictator Bashar Al-Assad in 2017.
The Senate may have confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, but many people on social media remain skeptical that she is the right person for the job. The ...
Gabbard demanded a public retraction in November 2019, and, after not receiving one, she and her campaign organization, Tulsi Now, filed a defamation lawsuit on January 22, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Clinton, seeking damages in excess of $50 million.
PHOTO: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard during the State of the Union address before members of Congress in the House chamber of the Capitol, Feb. 5, 2019. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Gabbard, the daughter of educators and small business owners who were involved in local politics, began her political career in 2002, when she became the youngest person ever elected to the Hawaii ...