Gabbard was confirmed Wednesday afternoon. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
"It's imperative that the remainder of the president's Cabinet nominees are confirmed as quickly as possible," she added.
Gabbard was sworn in by Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Oval Office. The event took place just after 4 PM and Trump was in attendance for the ceremony.
The Senate confirmed Gabbard in a 52-48 vote. The divide was along party lines, with the exception of former GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who opposed her.
"In my assessment, Tulsi Gabbard failed to demonstrate that she is prepared to assume this tremendous national trust," McConnell said in a lengthy statement on his vote.
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Nominee for Director of National Security, Tulsi Gabbard, left, and whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow, right (AP/Getty)
But those concerns were mostly quelled by Gabbard herself, in coordination with the significant efforts of Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Vice President JD Vance, who worked behind the scenes to get party members on board.
She is the 14th Cabinet official to be confirmed in Trump's second term.
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Kennedy will face a confirmation vote on Thursday. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
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Next up will be Trump's similarly controversial pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is nominated to be secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). He will get a vote early Thursday morning after clearing his last procedural hurdle Wednesday afternoon.
Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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