Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a press briefing, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025.
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Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as President Donald Trump‘s director of national intelligence, she announced Friday.
Gabbard, in a resignation letter addressed to Trump, said she has to step down in order to support her husband, Abraham Williams, who has “recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer.”
A letter from Tulsi Gabbard stating her resignation.
Courtesy: The White House
“I cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position,” she wrote in the letter dated Friday.
Her resignation is effective June 30, she wrote.
Trump confirmed later Friday that Gabbard was “unfortunately” departing, writing in a Truth Social post that she has “done an incredible job, and we will miss her.”
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas will take over from Gabbard in an acting capacity, Trump wrote in the post.
Fox News first reported Gabbard’s resignation.
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