2026-05-23
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Tulsi Gabbard resigned as America's Director of National Intelligence,
citing her husband's diagnosis with a rare form of cancer.
An anti-interventionist, Miss Gabbard has made few public comments on the Iran war.
Her statements on Iran's nuclear enrichment program have diverged from Donald Trump's.
In March she assessed that it had not been rebuilt.
Her resignation comes as the Trump administration considers renewing strikes against Iran.