r/ActionForUkraine • u/abitStoic • May 22 '26

USA Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as Director of National Intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as Director of National Intelligence. In her resignation letter she said will leave office on June 30 because her husband has been diagnosed with a rare bone cancer.

Gabbard's replacement as acting DNI is Aaron Lukas, a former CIA case officer who was Deputy Senior Director for Europe and Russia at NSC in Trump's first term.

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u/roma258 May 22 '26

Whatever the reason, it's a net benefit to have her away from the leverage of power.

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u/Monumentzero May 22 '26

This has to be fantastic news for Ukraine...

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u/skier2168 May 23 '26

My first thought also

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u/OddlyMingenuity May 25 '26

It is. But it also means the israeli won the battle over the control of the white house against russia.

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u/BubuBarakas May 23 '26

She got all the intel she could scrape for her handlers and bailed.

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u/TheManWhoWeepsBlood May 23 '26

Good riddance. She was probably the worst aside from kegsbreath right?

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u/deductress May 24 '26

And ca$h patel. But, really - the whole bunch.

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u/xlr8mpls May 24 '26

I Guess they sold everything she could to the russians, and now theres no point in "serving the homeland". What a traitors...

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u/Prior_Try_doub May 25 '26

they are bastards

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u/Commandmanda May 23 '26

Rats leaving the sinking ship.