Tulsi Gabbard
Director of National Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard was born in April 1981 in Leloaloa, American Samoa. She attended Leeward Community College and later earned a bachelor of science from Hawaiian Pacific University. She joined the Hawaii Army National Guard, serving in the Army’s medical unit. Gabbard deployed to Iraq and then completed officer training. She was deployed to Kuwait as a military police officer. She still served in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Gabbard was elected to the House of Representatives and served on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She later served on the Subcommittee on Intelligence.
Gabbard campaigned for president in 2020, eventually withdrawing and supporting Joe Biden. She changed her party affiliation to independent in 2022, then shifted to Republican in 2024 and endorsed President Donald Trump during his second reelection campaign.
President Trump nominated her as the Director of National Intelligence in November 2024. The Senate confirmed her in late January 2025, and she assumed office in February.
Gabbard is married to Abraham Williams. She was previously married to Eduardo Tamayo. She is Hindu.
In the News…
The Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard removed two officials who headed the National Intelligence Council. The acting and deputy chairs of the council were reported by whistleblowers to be “radically opposed” to President Donald Trump. In her efforts to remove any politicization of intelligence, Director Gabbard also moved the agency to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
The acting chair of the council had whistleblower complaints claiming that he was “deliberately undermining the incoming Trump administration.” The deputy was known as an advocate of diversity, equity, and inclusivity.
Director Gabbard also referred three members of the intelligence community to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution for allegedly leaking classified information. Other intelligence bureaucrats who leaked information have also lost their jobs.
“Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation’s security at risk and must end,” Director Gabbard stated last month. “Those who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
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The Honorable Tulsi Gabbard
Director of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20511
