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.

At least three Republican senators on the panel that will decide whether to advance Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as Director of National Intelligence have not said how they plan to vote, according to Politico—leaving open the possibility she could be the first of President Donald Trump’s nominees to be rejected.

As Tulsi Gabbard bids to be the next director of national intelligence, the former Hawaii congresswoman took heat from U.S. senators Thursday over her past statements and actions. Gabbard, seen as President Donald Trump’s most vulnerable Cabinet nominee,