Washington ¨C Tulsi Gabbard said Friday she was resigning from her job as President Donald Trump¡¯s director of national intelligence, saying her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and she was leaving her role to help him.
Gabbard advised Trump of her intention to step down during an Oval Office meeting on Friday, Fox News Digital reported earlier. The resignation is effective June 30, it said.
In her resignation letter posted on X, Gabbard told Trump she was ¡°deeply grateful for the trust you placed in me and for the opportunity to lead ?the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the last year and a half.¡±
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