Live Count: The Senate Votes on Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve and a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii. She has taken a sympathetic stance toward Russia and Syria under the Assad family’s rule. And she has defended Edward Snowden, an intelligence contractor who released classified information in 2013. These positions, at odds with the foreign policy establishment in both parties, have made her one of President Trump’s most divisive cabinet nominees.

Ms. Gabbard faced pointed questions in her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, including from some Republicans. But she advanced through the committee along party lines, with every Republican in support. Susan Collins of Maine, one of the Republicans who had wavered, ultimately decided to vote for Ms. Gabbard, saying she shared her vision for reducing the size of the intelligence agency.

How Every Member Voted