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{{Tulsi Gabbard series}}
'''Tulsi Gabbard''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ʌ|l|s|i|_|ˈ|g|æ|b|ər|d}} {{respell|TUL|see|_|GAB|ərd}}; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, and [[United States Army Reserve]] officer, and a political commentator. She served as [[United States Representative|U.S. Representative]] for [[Hawaii's 2nd congressional district]] from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard is serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the [[United States Army Reserve|US Army Reserve]]<ref name ="NYT-TG-DNI">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/politics/trump-tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence.html|title=Trump Chooses Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence |date=November 13, 2024 |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 13, 2024| quote="Ms. Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve who served in Iraq"}}</ref> after 17 years of service with [[Hawaii Army National Guard]] from 2003 to 2020.<ref name="Tulsi-Lt-Colonel">{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/2024/11/13/trump-tulsi-gabbard-national-intelligence |title=Trump names Tulsi Gabbard as pick for head of National Intelligence |date=November 13, 2024|accessdate=November 14, 2024|work=Axios |quote="former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.. Iraq War veteran and lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve"}}</ref><ref name= "CNN-Tulsi-LTC">{{cite news | title=Tulsi Gabbard Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/us/tulsi-gabbard-fast-facts/index.html | work= CNN | date=March 27, 2024|access-date=October 31, 2024|quote="Hawaii Army National Guard, 2003-2020, Major; US Army Reserve, 2020-present, Lieutenant Colonel"}}</ref> Gabbard was the first [[Samoan-American]] member of [[United States Congress|Congress]]. She started her political career inIn 2002 when, she became the youngest woman elected to the [[Hawaii House of Representatives|Hawaii state legislature]] at the age of 21.<ref name="Pak-2019">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/meet-tulsi-gabbard-hindu-member-congress-2020-candidate/story?id=60708986|title=Tulsi Gabbard: Everything you need to know about the 2020 presidential candidate|last1=Pak|first1=Nataly|last2=Kaji|first2=Mina|date=July 31, 2019|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=October 19, 2019|last3=Palaniappan|first3=Sruthi}}</ref> She ran as a [[Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential campaign|candidate]] in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic presidential primaries]].<ref name=CNN-rocky /><ref>{{cite web|last=Haltiwanger|first=John|date=April 2, 2019|title=Tulsi Gabbard is running for president in 2020. Here's everything we know about the candidate and how she stacks up against the competition.|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-tulsi-gabbard-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019-4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402180742/https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-tulsi-gabbard-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019-4/|archive-date=April 2, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019|website=Business Insider}}</ref> She left the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in October 2022 to become an [[independent politician|independent]], before joining the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3682396-gabbard-says-she-cant-stay-in-todays-democratic-party |title=Gabbard Says She Can't Stay in 'Today's Democratic Party' |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=October 11, 2022 |access-date=October 11, 2022 |first=Brad |last=Dress}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Leaving the Democratic Party - The Tulsi Gabbard Show | date=October 11, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Z1x8Ou8VU |access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref><ref name=GOP2024>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4948241-tulsi-gabbard-joining-gop-trump-rally-in-north-carolina/|title=Tulsi Gabbard says she's joining the GOP at Trump rally in North Carolina|date=October 22, 2024|accessdate=October 22, 2024|work=The Hill|last=Fortinsky|first=Sarah}}</ref>
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