The Senate Intelligence Committee voted to advance former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for director of national intelligence in a closed-door session on Tuesday afternoon. Gabbard advanced in a 9-8 vote along party lines,

Gabbard had faced pointed questions from some Republican senators about her stances on Edward Snowden and surveillance authorities.

President Donald Trump's contentious nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence cleared a major hurdle on Tuesday when a Senate committee backed her for confirmation despite doubts about her lack of experience and past statements seen as supporting U.

The Senate Intelligence Committee will meet Tuesday to vote on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to lead the Department of National Intelligence.

Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) told the nominee at one point that “it would befit you and be helpful for the way you’re perceived by members of the Intelligence Committee” to acknowledge that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden harmed national security.

Young said he sought commitments from Gabbard to "advance our national security." Young had been under pressure to support Trump's pick.

Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead U.S. intelligence agencies, escaped from a close committee ballot and heads to a full Senate vote.

Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, prepares to leave following a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,

Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to oversee the nation’s intelligence agencies passed a key hurdle on Tuesday when the Senate Intelligence Committee approved her in a close, party-line vote. Sen. Mark Kelly,

Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past comments sympathetic to