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Or sign-in if you have an account.U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Tulsi Gabbard after she was sworn in as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2025. Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS /AFP via Getty ImagesDirector of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, whose anti-war views had spurred tension with the White House, said she was resigning from her post to help her husband confront a bone-cancer diagnosis.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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She said her office had made significant progress “advancing unprecedented transparency and restoring integrity to the intelligence community.” U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Tulsi Gabbard and her husband Abraham Williams, holds up Gabbard’s commission for her new role as Director of National Intelligence after she was sworn in, in the Oval Office at the White House on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Andrew Harnik /Getty ImagesGet a dash of perspective along with the trending news of the day in a very readable format.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againGabbard, a long-time skeptic of American involvement in overseas wars, had been in an awkward position as Trump launched two military campaigns against Iran and ordered a raid to capture Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro. She had been cut out of the months of planning for the operation to capture Maduro, people familiar with the matter said at the time.Her exclusion from meetings became so well-known that some White House aides joked that the acronym of her title, DNI, stood for “Do Not Invite,” the people said.“Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her,” President Donald Trump said in a social media post. He said her deputy, Aaron Lukas, would take over in an acting capacity.Earlier this year, Gabbard was seen at an elections center in Atlanta, Georgia during an FBI raid where voter records and other data had been seized. Gabbard had told lawmakers in March she’d been there at Trump’s request. Trump said she’d gone there because then-Attorney General Pam Bondi — who the president ousted in early April — “wanted her to do it.”Today, with great humility and sincere appreciation, I shared the below letter with President Trump. It has been a profound honor to serve the American people as DNI. pic.twitter.com/p7AZ4wa9Yi— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) May 22, 2026She had also clashed with the intelligence community she ran and sought to root out “politicization” by referring intelligence officers for prosecution over alleged leaks of classified information. In 2025, she unveiled plans to shrink her agency by some 40% in what she said was a bid to make it more efficient.Gabbard adviser Joe Kent — who Trump endorsed in failed bids for Congress in 2022 and 2024 — had resigned in mid-March over the war in Iran, claiming in a public letter that Israel misled Trump into believing the regime in Tehran posed an imminent threat.Gabbard, 45, is a veteran of the Iraq War who continues to serve as an officer in the Army Reserve. Her skepticism of overseas entanglements had continued when she became Trump’s intelligence director.She had declined to express her views on the decision to attack Iran, waiting more than three weeks to issue a statement. When she did, she said Trump “is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat.” That drew skepticism from experts and members of Congress who said it was her job, not just Trump’s, to make an assessment of the threats faced by the US.Gabbard, who ran for president in 2020, said in a speech in late October that “for decades, our foreign policy has been trapped in a counterproductive and endless cycle of regime change or nation-building.”“The old Washington way of thinking is something we hope is in the rear-view mirror,” she said.Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here. Join the Conversation This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.