Tulsi Gabbard cleared an important hurdle to become President Donald Trump’s director of National Intelligence when the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to advance her nomination to the full Senate floor on Tuesday.

Republican senators rallied around former Representative Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to become director of national intelligence before a key committee vote on Tuesday, increasing the chances that the full U.

After Gabbard faced a public questioning, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to send her to a full Senate vote for confirmation.