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3. Gabbard's Russia Views 'Dangerous'

Published Dec 06, 2024 at 9:06 AM EST
Updated Dec 06, 2024 at 7:56 PM EST

By Ewan Palmer
News Reporter

Tulsi Gabbard's supportive views on Russia make her a "dangerous" pick by President-elect Donald Trump for director of national intelligence, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO has said.

Ivo Daalder, who served in the Barack Obama administration, made the remarks while discussing a 2017 memo in which Gabbard reportedly criticized the U.S. and NATO following Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, a territory still internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.

In the memo, obtained by ABC News, Gabbard is said to have stated that U.S. and Western "hostility" toward Russian President Vladimir Putin led to the annexation of Crimea. She also apparently condemned sanctions she had previously supported, writing: "Russian people are a proud people and they don't want the U.S. and our allies trying to control them and their government." Newsweek has not independently verified the contents of the memo ...

https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-russia-views-memo-crimea-rt-nato-1996579