Gabbard sheds light over Assad -Visits, expressing shock -Trispuming community showed no interest at the time

Director of the National Intelligence Nominated Tulsi Gabbard sheds further light at his 2017 meeting with the then Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a trip that has come under the microscope since President Donald Trump nominated the former congregation.

“There’s not much in the public record about what you and the Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad discussed so long in January 2017. And I think there’s great interest from the American people about what was being discussed at this meeting .

Gabbard, when she served in the US House, traveled to Syria in 2017 when she met with the dictator whose government was crashed years later in 2024. Caste’s doubts about her worldview and judgment.

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Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a Consultation Committee for the Senate on her nomination to be the director of National Intelligence, at Capitol Hill on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC (Mandel Ngan / AFPGETTY Images)

“Yes, senator, I, when I returned from this journey, I met people as then -leader Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, talked to them and answered their questions about the trip,” Gabbard, who served in the American house representing Hawaii From 2013 to 2021 it replied.

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“And frankly, I was surprised that there was no one from the intelligence community or the state department that reached out or showed any interest in my takeaways from that journey. I would have been very happy to have a conversation and give them a Back cards.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, seen under the signing of the extensive program for strategic and long-term cooperation between Iran and Syria, on May 3, 2023 in Damascus, Syria. (Photo of Borna News/Matin Ghasemi/Aksonline ATPIMAGES/GETTY Images)

The former speaker for the house Nancy Pelosi also met with Assad in 2007 despite the then President George W. Bush’s criticism of the visit at the time.

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“Were you able to extract any concessions from President Assad?” Heinrich asked Gabbard.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominees to be the director of National Intelligence, arrives to testify during her confirmation hearing for the Senate Intelligence Committee in Dirksen Senat Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“No, and I didn’t expect, but I felt these problems were important to tackle,” she continued.

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“Just in the completely rear -view mirror, would you, would you see this journey as a good judgment?” The legislator of the Senate continued.

“Yes, senator. And I think leaders, whether you are in Congress or the President of the United States, can take great advantage of walking and engaging boots on the ground, learning and listening and meeting directly with people what Either it’s opponents or friends, “Gabbard said.

Gabbard performs for the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday as part of its nomination process to serve as director of national intelligence under the second Trump administration.