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Robert Tait in Washington and Lucy Campbell

US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard leaving post after rocky tenure

Tulsi Gabbard speaking into a microphone at a table.
Tulsi Gabbard on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 18 March. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon/UPI/Shutterstock

Tulsi Gabbard is leaving her post as US director of national intelligence following a tumultuous stint in which she was largely sidelined as Donald Trump launched attacks on Venezuela and Iran.

In a letter to the US president, she said she would resign and leave her post on 30 June. “While we have made significant progress … I recognize there is still important work to be done,” she wrote.

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