“President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of intelligence claimed Thursday at her Senate confirmation hearing that she was not aware ‘until today’ that a prominent cleric she met in Syria had threatened to unleash suicide bombers on the United States and Europe,” the Washington Post reports.
“Documents indicate that Gabbard was told in early 2017 and then attempted to control the negative publicity surrounding her trip.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.