{"id":2450592,"date":"2025-06-22T21:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photo-confirms-gabbard-was-in-situation-room-during-iran-strikes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T21:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:25:44","slug":"photo-confirms-gabbard-was-in-situation-room-during-iran-strikes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photo-confirms-gabbard-was-in-situation-room-during-iran-strikes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo confirms Gabbard was in Situation Room during Iran strikes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphoto-confirms-gabbard-was-in-situation-room-during-iran-strikes-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2450592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recently released photo confirming that Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, was present in the Situation Room during U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites,part of &#8220;Operation Midnight Hammer.&#8221; The photo was shared by the Trump White House&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-john-fettermans-wife-rushes-in-to-shield-him-from-a-question-about-debating-oz\/\" title=\"WATCH: John Fetterman\u2019s Wife \u2018Rushes In To Shield Him From A Question About Debating Oz\u2019\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: ...We Have 2-4 Hour Lines... Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">rapid response<\/a> account<\/a>,showing her alongside other administration officials,including CIA Director John Ratcliffe. This revelation came after speculation about Gabbard&#8217;s absence during the strikes, which arose following President Trump&#8217;s public disagreement with her intelligence assessments regarding Iran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift Iran sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin deal\">nuclear capabilities<\/a>. The White House&#8217;s earlier photos did not include Gabbard, focusing instead on other officials. A White House representative later clarified her presence, emphasizing her role as a &#8220;key player&#8221; in the administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Photo confirms Gabbard was in Situation Room during Iran strikes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2154736\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A newly released photo shows Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> among other <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> officials in the Situation Room during the U.S. strikes on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iranian<\/a> nuclear sites Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The rapid response X account for the Trump White House <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1936913532173377613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> a photo on Sunday evening, nearly 24 hours after the strikes took place, showing Gabbard watching on as B-2 bombers and a U.S. submarine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3450186\/pentagon-details-b2-mission-operation-midnight-hammer-bombing-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"conducted \">conducted<\/a> &ldquo;Operation Midnight Hammer,&rdquo; the mission targeting the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan enrichment sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3450455\/trump-welcomes-home-b2-pilots-following-iran-strikes\/\">Trump welcomes home B-2 pilots following &#8216;job well done&#8217; in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3449433\/trump-and-jefferson-reluctant-world-makers\/\">Trump and Jefferson: Reluctant world makers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3450227\/vance-us-at-war-iranian-nuclear-program-strikes-not-iran\/\">Vance says US at war with Iranian nuclear program after strikes but &#8216;not at war with Iran&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PHOTO: President Trump&rsquo;s intelligence team in the White House Situation Room (June 21, 2025)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNIGabbard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DNIGabbard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIADirector?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CIADirector<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W1HDDAb84b\">pic.twitter.com\/W1HDDAb84b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1936913532173377613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She is seated to the left of CIA Director <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-ratcliffe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Ratcliffe<\/a>, who was included in the original selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-released-of-violent-myanmar-protests-after-at-least-38-people-killed\/\" title=\"Footage Released Of Violent Myanmar Protests After At Least 38 People Killed\">photos released<\/a> by the White House on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>That earlier photo, however, was focused solely on Ratcliffe watching the strikes intently, with anyone to the left of him cut from the shot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This image released by the White House and digitally altered to diffuse papers by the source for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national security reasons<\/a>, shows CIA Director John Ratcliffe, in foreground seated, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, speaks with national security adviser Andy Baker with White House counsel David Warrington seated in background in the Situation Room, Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (The White House via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The release of Gabbard&rsquo;s Situation Room photo follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3450163\/photos-trump-officials-situation-room-during-iran-bombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"earlier speculation\">earlier speculation<\/a> that she was not in the facility at the time of the strikes, which was only heightened by President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3449244\/trump-gabbard-iran-wrong-nuclear-bomb-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"direct rebuttals\">direct rebuttals<\/a> last week of her intelligence assessments about Iran&rsquo;s nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>As recently as Friday, Trump told reporters that Gabbard was &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; when she told Congress that Iran &ldquo;was not building a nuclear weapon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3444686\/iran-was-on-the-verge-of-obtaining-nukes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YES, IRAN WAS ON THE VERGE OF OBTAINING NUCLEAR WEAPONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The White House released an initial batch of photos from the Situation Room on their X account Saturday night, all of which did not include Gabbard in the frame. Instead, pictured were Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and chief of staff Susie Wiles.<\/p>\n<p>A White House official explained the earlier omission on Sunday by confirming Gabbard was present in the Situation Room, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gabbard-situation-room-iran-still-key-player-despite-trump-saying-she-wrong-intel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"telling \">telling <\/a>Fox News that she is a &ldquo;key player.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2154736\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2154736\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo shows Gabbard in Situation Room during Iran strikes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2450593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tulsi-gabbard-situation-room-iran-strikes.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16629,51130,57575,39907,32076],"class_list":["post-2450592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-confirmation","tag-gabbard-2","tag-iran-strikes","tag-situation-room","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tulsi-gabbard-situation-room-iran-strikes.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450596,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450592\/revisions\/2450596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}