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The American Fox News channel reported on Friday that Tulsi Gabbard will resign from her position as Director of National Intelligence to support her husband in his battle with a "very rare type of bone cancer."
Gabbard informed US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, and June 30 is expected to be her last day of work at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
In her resignation letter, Gabbard expressed her "deep gratitude for the trust you have placed in me and for the opportunity to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence over the past year and a half."
She wrote: "With regret, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026. My husband, Abraham, was recently diagnosed with an extremely rare type of bone cancer."
Gabbard said her husband "faces formidable challenges in the coming weeks and months."
She added: "At this time, I must step down from public service to be by his side and fully support him during this ordeal."
Gabbard continued: "Abraham has been my rock throughout our eleven years of marriage, standing by me during my service in East Africa with a joint special operations task force, through many political campaigns, and now during my tenure in this position."
She concluded by saying: "His strength and love have been instrumental in supporting me through every challenge I have faced." "I cannot in good conscience ask him to fight this battle alone while I continue in this demanding and exhausting position."
Gabbard said she had "made remarkable progress at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, fostering unprecedented transparency and restoring integrity to the intelligence community," but acknowledged that "there remains important work to be done."
She said: "I am fully committed to ensuring a smooth and complete transition over the coming weeks so that you and your team do not face any disruption in leadership or momentum."
Gabbard added: "I will remain forever grateful to you and the American people for the honor of serving our nation as Director of National Intelligence."
As Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard launched aggressive efforts to restructure the intelligence community, including downsizing the agency and saving taxpayers more than $700 million annually, and eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the intelligence community, among others.
As of this month, Gabbard declassified more than half a million pages of government records, including those related to the Trump-Russia investigation, the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, and others.
Gabbard also declassified documents related to the origins of the "Operation Crossfire Hurricane" investigation between Trump and Russia, noting that they show the politicization by Obama administration officials of intelligence related to Russia's interference in the 2016 election, and its use to undermine Trump's first victory in the presidential election.
Meanwhile, Gabbard established the first "Anti-Weaponization Task Force," aiming to coordinate efforts across the federal government to expose the Biden administration's politicization of government.
As Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard, through the National Counterterrorism Center, blocked the entry of more than 10,000 individuals with links to drug trafficking and terrorism into the country in 2025, and placed more than 85,000 others on the terrorism watch list, according to the channel.
