President-elect Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence-nominee Tulsi Gabbard received the endorsement of The National Border Patrol Council on Tuesday.
"On behalf of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), I write to express our complete and total support for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), former U.S. Representative and Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard," the NBPC wrote in a letter to incoming Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., The Daily Wire reported Tuesday.
"We have no doubt that Lt. Col. Gabbard is the right person to be the DNI and will work tirelessly to keep our nation safe, just as she has done for the past two decades."
Gabbard is a "strong, courageous, and competent leader" for the intelligence support to secure the Southern border, the letter added.
"The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), led by the DNI, plays an integral role in our border security by monitoring the potential for these threats to enter our country," the letter continued. "From transnational criminal organizations operating in North, Central, and South America to foreign terrorist organizations and hostile state actors, these entities and individuals will always attempt to exploit our unsecure borders to further their activities that threaten the American people."
"In order to adequately confront these threats, the IC must have strong, courageous and competent leadership — that leader is Lt. Col. Gabbard," the letter read.