Trump Pick For Intel Chief Faces Questions

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill. The former Democrat-turned-Republican is facing fresh scrutiny about her proximity to Russian-ally Syria amid that country’s sudden collapse of its hardline Assad regime. Trump wants Gabbard to be his director of national intelligence. But nearly 100 former national security officials have implored senators to hold a closed-door briefing on her work. Gabbard ignored shouted questions about her 2017 visit to war-torn Syria as she ducked into private meetings with senators Monday. She delivered a statement saying she stands by Trump’s approach to foreign affairs.