Tulsi Gabbard won't answer if Syrian dictator Assad is a war criminal

's selection to be director of national intelligence ducked questions on 's recently overthrown dictator Bashar Al-Assad, who she met in 2017.

Gabbard refused to answer whether she believed Assad - who has ordered used on his own Syrian people - is a war criminal, first reported.

The inquiry came just a day after Assad reportedly fled his native Syria to after rebel forces took control of the Middle Eastern nation he ruled since 2000.

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