{"id":2605976,"date":"2026-05-22T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:41:06","slug":"gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabbard To Resign After Husband&#8217;s &#8216;Rare&#8217; Bone Cancer Diagnosis"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis%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=2605976&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>Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, announced she plans to resign at the end of June, citing her husband Abraham\u2019s recent diagnosis of an extremely rare bone cancer as the reason she cannot ask him to face the ordeal alone. she said she will leave her DNI role on June 30 and work to ensure a smooth transition with no disruption in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The article also credits Gabbard with pushing for greater clarity in the intelligence community, including the declassification of documents tied to the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment and allegations behind the Russia collusion narrative. It describes her administration\u2019s efforts to investigate intelligence \u201cweaponization\u201d and election-related vulnerabilities,along with her occasional public calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-points-out-big-difference-between-his-hostage-recoveries-and-bidens-absolutely-ridiculous-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Trump highlights stark contrast between his successful hostage rescues and Biden&#039;s flawed Iran deal.\">balancing national security<\/a> with privacy and liberty.<\/p>\n<p>After Gabbard departs, Aaron Lukas is identified as the Acting DNI.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tulsi_Gabbard_-_55022428734.jpg\">Gage Skidmore\/Wikimedia Commons\/<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/22\/gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Gabbard To Step Down As DNI Following Husband\u2019s \u2018Rare\u2019 Bone Cancer Diagnosis&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/22\/gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Gabbard To Step Down As DNI Following Husband\u2019s \u2018Rare\u2019 Bone Cancer Diagnosis&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/22\/gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/22\/gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Gabbard To Step Down As DNI Following Husband\u2019s \u2018Rare\u2019 Bone Cancer Diagnosis&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/22\/gabbard-to-step-down-as-dni-following-husbands-rare-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In a major loss for the country, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> announced Friday her plans to resign from her post at the end of June. The former congresswoman cited her husband\u2019s recent diagnosis of an \u201cextremely rare form of bone cancer\u201d as the reason for her departure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbraham has been my rock throughout our eleven years of marriage \u2014 standing steadfast through my deployment to East Africa on a Joint Special Operations mission, multiple political campaigns, and now my service in this role. His strength and love have sustained me through every challenge,\u201d Gabbard wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNIGabbard\/status\/2057877960783204419?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> addressed to President Trump. \u201cI cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position.\u201d <\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2914960361\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gabbard said she will officially depart her role as DNI on June 30. While noting the \u201csignificant progress\u201d she and her team made at the Office of Director of National Intelligence, \u201cadvancing unprecedented transparency and restoring integrity to the intelligence community,\u201d the Hawaii native acknowledged \u201cthere is still important work to be done.\u201d She stated that she is \u201cfully committed to ensuring a smooth and thorough transition over the coming weeks\u201d so the president and his team \u201cexperience no disruption in leadership or momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for your understanding during this deeply personal and difficult time for our family. I will remain forever grateful to you and to the American people for the profound honor of serving our nation as DNI,\u201d Gabbard wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has been instrumental in bringing much-needed transparency to America\u2019s intel apparatus and agencies throughout her time in the administration. <\/p>\n<p>The outgoing DNI played a pivotal part in declassifying a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/page\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">series of documents<\/a> last year that showcased how former President Obama and his intel chiefs weaponized a 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) to help launch the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/russia-collusion-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia collusion hoax<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The unearthed records more specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/report-russia-hoax-was-built-on-one-scant-unclear-and-unverifiable-fragment-of-a-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illustrated<\/a> how the ICA\u2019s central claim that the Kremlin \u201caspired\u201d for Trump to win the 2016 election was based on weak and uncorroborated intelligence. They further <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/brennan-overruled-cia-experts-objections-to-include-steele-dossier-in-bogus-intel-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">showed<\/a> how baseless allegations from the Clinton bought-and-paid-for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/steele-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steele dossier<\/a>\u201d were shoehorned into the ICA despite the objections of key intel officials. <\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u2019s office launched a task force early in her tenure as a means of preventing such abuses by intel agencies in the future. This task force would go on to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/07\/odni-task-force-to-interview-whistleblowers-probe-election-vulnerabilities-in-expansive-weaponization-inquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expand<\/a> its efforts at restoring transparency and accountability in government to include interviewing agency whistleblowers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/odni-task-force-to-probe-whistleblowers-election-vulnerabilities\/\" title=\"O... Task Force To Probe Whistleblowers, Election Vulnerabilities\">investigating election infrastructure vulnerabilities<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The outgoing DNI also notably used her platform to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/13\/gabbard-reaffirms-americas-commitment-to-protecting-individual-liberty-on-the-world-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advocate<\/a> for individual liberty and oppose government abuse of surveillance programs to spy on unsuspecting citizens. <\/p>\n<p>While speaking virtually at an international conference in May 2025, for instance, Gabbard said that \u201cfor far too long,\u201d citizens have repeatedly been told by government officials that they \u201cmust sacrifice liberty sometimes in the name of more security.\u201d She further implored state actors to work to balance \u201cnational security needs\u201d with ensuring the protection of individuals\u2019 \u201cpersonal privacy and liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy embedding and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-reaffirms-americas-commitment-to-individual-liberty\/\" title=\"Gabbard Reaffirms America&#039;s Commitment To &#039;...&#039;\">respecting privacy norms internationally<\/a>, we make it harder for any government, including our own, to deviate from them, to undermine those liberties and privacies,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cWe have to work with each other, communicate to each other about \u2026 what steps we can collectively take to defend liberty and individual freedom and ensure privacy. By doing so, together we can forge a path forward that truly upholds our ideals as free nations and our basic rights as individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas will assume the position of Acting DNI upon Gabbard\u2019s departure, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2057878561839530409?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. 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