(The Hill) — Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said in a Sunday interview that he will support President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii). In the interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press ...

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) says he’ll vote yes for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, after she changed her stance on Section 702, an intelligence surveillance tool she previously voted against while in Congress.

Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said Tulsi Gabbard could be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence—if she meets one condition in particular. Appearing on the Wall Street Journal’s opinion podcast,

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) confirmed on Sunday that he will vote to confirm former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as the Trump administration’s director of national intelligence, stressing that her views on a section in the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act remain unchanged.

"Because if she comes out and says, 'No, I want to oppose all 702 authority,' that literally shuts down all of our national defense gathering."

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, announced her support for a government surveillance authority she was critical of in Congress.

In private meetings, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become U.S. spy chief has mixed up details about a key surveillance law.

The former lawmaker offered an olive branch to GOP national security hawks who hold the keys to her confirmation as Trump's director of national intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard is trying to explain her past support for Edward Snowden, including her push to pardon the national security leaker, to a tough crowd: members of the Senate Intelligence Committee considering her confirmation.

Tulsi Gabbard went back on her previous position against section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ahead of her confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) says he’ll vote yes for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, after she changed her stance on Section 702, an intelligence surveillance tool she previously voted against while in Congress.

In public and in private, Mitch McConnell has been silent on whether he'll support President-elect Trump's nominees, sources tell Axios. And for those working on behalf of former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard,