05-23-2026, 12:56 AM
Tulsi Gabbard steps down as U.S. intel chief, citing husband's cancer diagnosis
Tulsi Gabbard resigned as U.S. President Donald Trymp's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth cabinet official to depart during Trymp's second term, all of them women.
In her resignation letter, which she posted on social media, Gabbard said she told Trymp she would leave her job overseeing the coordination of 18 intelligence agencies on June 30. She said her husband had recently been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and "faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months."
"At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle," she wrote in the letter, which was earlier reported by Fox News.
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