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Gabbard is “compromised” </span> </a> </h3>  </header> <div class="excerpt"> Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services, is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings, as a congresswoman, with Syria’s president, a close ally of the Kremlin and Iran. […] </div> </div> <style>.glry-img{height: 100%; width: auto;}</style><div class="article-slideshow" id="mng-gallery-c364997ea8e6029806b3e753b67a5ce1"><button class="icon-close mng-gallery-fullscreen-close" aria-label="Close fullscreen slideshow"></button><ul class="mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider"><button id="mng-gallery-prev" class="mng-gallery-prev mng-gallery-arrow" aria-label="Previous" type="button"></button><div class="mng-gallery-list draggable"><div class="mng-gallery-track"><li data-index="1" class="mng-ge mng-gallery-active" id="mng-ge-0" aria-hidden="false" tabindex="0"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="FILE – Tulsi Gabbard speaks before Republican presidential nominee former..." class="size-article_inline" sizes="(max-width: 40em) 620px,(min-width: 40em) and (max-width: 50em) 780px,(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 65em) 810px,(min-width: 65em) and (max-width: 80em) 1280px,(min-width: 80em) 1860px,1860px" srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump_Transition_Gabbard_29849_756991.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump_Transition_Gabbard_29849_756991.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump_Transition_Gabbard_29849_756991.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump_Transition_Gabbard_29849_756991.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump_Transition_Gabbard_29849_756991.jpg?w=1860 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">FILE – Tulsi Gabbard speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. 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