The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence following her nomination to the role by President Donald Trump.
Bondi was easily confirmed by the full Senate.
Earlier this week, both Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy said they would vote to confirm Gabbard — essentially ensuring that there would not be any drama on the Senate floor.
Murkowski, Cassidy, and the other Republican senators who voted chose to move forward with the confirmation process by supporting cloture. The Democratic senators who voted, on the other hand, were against cloture.
“I will vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence,” Murkowski declared in a post on X.
“While I continue to have concerns about certain positions she has previously taken, I appreciate her commitment to rein in the outsized scope of the agency, while still enabling the ODNI to continue its essential function in upholding national security. As she brings independent thinking and necessary oversight to her new role, I am counting on her to ensure the safety and civil liberties of American citizens remain rigorously protected,” Murkowski added.
“President Trump chose Tulsi Gabbard to be his point person on foreign intelligence,” Cassidy said in a statement. “I will trust President Trump on this decision and vote for her confirmation.”