Tulsi Gabbard calls it quits

Tulsi Gabbard notified President Donald Trump on Friday that she is resigning as director of national intelligence, effective June 30.

Gabbard, whom Trump allegedly considered replacing in recent months and whose judgment regarding Iranian nuclear aspirations Trump publicly questioned last year, said in a letter to the president that she is “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.”

‘Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her.’

The former Hawaii congresswoman and retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel noted that her “husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer” and “faces major challenges in the coming weeks and