Tulsi Gabbard: Only the president can define ‘imminent threat,’ not my job

In an exchange with Sen. Jon Ossoff at the Senate's Worldwide Threats hearing, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said it's not her job to determine what is an "imminent threat." Gabbard told lawmakers that "the only person who can determine what is and is not an… pic.twitter.com/VAHwtjOMCl

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