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Former US spy chief Gabbard warned Trump killing Khamenei could empower radical regime - WSJ

Trump received warnings before attacking Iran from intelligence and senior officials that war could bring major casualties, regional attacks and nuclear risks accoridng to The Wall Street Journal.

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks, while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on, as they hold a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 6, 2026.
Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

US Senate confirms Trump's nominee Clayton as Director of National Intelligence, nation's top spy

Clayton's hearing earlier this month at times erupted into shouting, as Clayton insisted to several Democratic senators that he was not an election denier.

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Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump's pick for US spy chief due to be approved in Senate vote after confirmation hearing

If approved to be the director of national intelligence, Clayton would fill a role vacated in June when Tulsi Gabbard stepped down after a tenure marked by clashes with congressional Democrats.

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Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

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US Senate confirms Trump nominee Gabbard as intelligence chief

The vote was another victory for Trump as he pushes to secure quick Senate approval for all of his nominees for administration positions.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByREUTERS
Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's new director of national intelligence, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2025.

Is Trump's intel team prepared for the challenges of volatile Iran? - opinion

Whether this ambitious task is met will hinge on the team’s ability to navigate the complexities of the Iranian threat with precision, courage, and unwavering commitment.

JANUARY 7, 2025ByERFAN FARD
US DIRECTOR of National Intelligence-nominee Tulsi Gabbard walks through Capitol Hill last month. The writer asks whether Trump’s intelligence team is equipped to navigate the intricacies of Iran’s hybrid warfare tactics, asymmetric threats, and expanding transnational terrorism networks.

Democratic debate reveals the candidates’ differences on Middle East

Buttigieg, Biden, Sanders, Klobuchar, Harris, Booker and Castro were supportive of a US presence in Syria, while Warren and Gabbard were adamant about the US military withdrawing from the Middle East

OCTOBER 16, 2019ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
The 12 candidates' podiums stand ready before the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio U.S. October 15, 2019.

Ex-KKK head, David Duke, praises Tulsi Gabbard because she won't 'put Israel first'

Gabbard has disputed Duke’s interpretation of her anti-intervention rhetoric, which Duke evidently equates with standing up to Israel; instead she says she opposes “regime-change wars.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks after being awarded a Frontier Award during a ceremony at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 25, 2013