Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee to serve as the director of national intelligence, will testify Thursday morning at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The 43-year-old former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and combat veteran would oversee the nation's 18 spy agencies.

Director of Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard declined to say National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a traitor during her confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee—as at least three Republican senators had not said whether they support her leading into the hearing,