Article originally appeared on dailycaller.com.
The Senate confirmed Director of National Intelligence (DNI) nominee Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday morning.
She was confirmed in a vote of 52 to 48, with all Democrats opposing her nomination. Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell joined Democrats and voted against confirming Gabbard.
Some Republican senators once considered key swing-votes ended up supporting Gabbard, including Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Utah Sen. John Curtis.
Gabbard served in the Army National Guard for more than twenty years and is currently a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard. (RELATED: Liberals Spin Senator’s Misstatement Into False Attack On Tulsi Gabbard)
I will vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. 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… — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) February …
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