Gabbard overcame initial skepticism from some Republican senators about her nomination, underscoring Trump's grip on the party.

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana ... hearing where she was repeatedly asked whether whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked top-secret documents to the media, should be considered ...

an ex-Marine intelligence officer, appeared irked while the former Hawaii congresswoman refused to say whether National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is a traitor. And Sen.

Bill Cassidy (R-LA ... both parties concerning her opinion of former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, including from Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Todd ...

Bill Cassidy, R-La, pressed Trump’s pick ... Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, on whether Edward Snowden – the former National Security Agency employee who leaked ...

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana ... US government surveillance and NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Asked multiple times by senators in both parties whether Snowden was a “traitor,” Gabbard said ...

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who said he had “reservations ... US government surveillance and NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Asked multiple times by senators in both parties whether Snowden was a “traitor,” ...

Bill Cassidy. A physician ... The proposed director of national intelligence refuses to say that Edward Snowden was a traitor for leaking highly classified national security information.