Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard is poised to clear the Senate Intelligence Committee after a key GOP holdout announced his support.

Sen. Todd Young, Indiana Republican, posted on X that he would vote for Ms. Gabbard after securing “firm commitments” that she would use the role to advance national security, support intelligence professionals and provide unbiased information to policymakers.

“Having now secured these commitments, I will support Tulsi’s nomination and look forward to working with her to protect our national security,” Mr. Young said.

His announcement came hours before the committee was set to meet Tuesday afternoon in a closed-door session to vote on Ms. Gabbard’s nomination.

He included in his X post a copy of a letter Ms. Gabbard sent him outlining the specific commitments she made to him.

One of those commitments was that Ms. Gabbard would seek justice against any intelligence community employee or contractor who leaks intelligence secrets — a response seemingly to help abate concerns about her past support for Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked thousands of classified documents about U.S. intelligence-gathering programs.

She also named Mr. Snowden directly, saying she would not make any recommendation to President Trump or the attorney general regarding his legal standing in the United States.

Ms. Gabbard also promised to work with lawmakers to reauthorize Section 702 authorities of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which she had opposed as a member of the House over concerns that Section 702 allows Americans’ data to be caught up in warrantless surveillance of foreigners.

“If confirmed, I will begin with leading by example, checking my own views at the door and committing to delivering intelligence that is collected, analyzed and reported without bias, prejudice or political influence,” she said.

• Lindsey McPherson can be reached at lmcpherson@washingtontimes.com.