Washington (USA), 12 Feb (LaPresse) – The Senate floor confirmed by 52 votes to 48 the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. The former House Republican leader. Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell joined Democrats in an attempt to reject the nomination, one of the most controversial of the new Trump Administration, because of Gabbard's past pro-Russian and pro-Syrian positions.

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