More than four dozen former intelligence officials urged the Senate on Monday to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump's new director of national intelligence. 

Gabbard was nominated for the position by Trump in November after she joined the Republican Party. The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to hold a hearing for Gabbard later this week. 

Former Trump White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, and former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell, were among the four dozen former intelligence officials to urge the Senate to confirm Gabbard, claiming she would help undo the "gross politicization that has come to characterize intelligence bureaucracies."

"We, the undersigned former intelligence and national security officials, urge members of the United States Senate to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to serve as President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence," they wrote in a letter obtained by Fox News. "Her service as DNI will begin undoing the gross politicization that has come to characterize intelligence bureaucracies, which has been to the great detriment of the freedom and security of the United States and its citizens." 

The former officials claimed Gabbard's military background and her stint in the House of Representatives, where she served on national security panels, makes her qualified for the crucial national security position. 

"In both these roles, she experienced first-hand how intelligence, when used as intended, provides critical support to America’s military and political leaders," they wrote. "When intelligence was abused, Lt. Col. Gabbard spoke up and insisted on safeguards."

The signers also highlighted that Gabbard "stood up for truth, integrity, and following the facts," when former senior intelligence officials "disgraced themselves" by signing the Hunter Biden laptop "Russian disinformation" letter, or appeared on partisan news programs.

"As former collectors, analysts, consumers, and enablers of intelligence, we support Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard to lead the IC," they concluded. "She has the integrity, and moral courage, to restore objectivity and professionalism to the nation’s intelligence agencies." 

Gabbard's confirmation hearing is currently set for Thursday, Jan. 30, Her nomination has raised some concerns within the Senate over her views on reining in the security state and past comments about former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.