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Tulsi Gabbard stepping down as Director of National Intelligence

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 22, 2026 at 11:11 AM PDT

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Tulsi Gabbard is stepping down as Director of National Intelligence. In a letter she posted on X, she cited her husband’s recent cancer diagnosis.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with NPR’s Greg Myre.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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