Summary

Director of National Intelligence who coordinated the multiagency classification review enabling PURSUE Release 1 — the May 8, 2026 public release of 162 declassified UAP files at war.gov/UFO. As the senior IC classification authority, Gabbard's ODNI approval was the legal mechanism clearing records from CIA, NSA, DIA, NRO, and partner agencies for public release. A former Democratic congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate who served in the Hawaii Army National Guard and deployed to Iraq, she joined the Republican Party in 2022 and was confirmed as DNI in January 2025.

Roles

• -Director of National Intelligence (2025-present)
• -U.S. Congresswoman, Hawaii's 2nd District (2013-2021)
• -Hawaii Army National Guard Officer (2003-present)

Organizations

Education

• -B.S., Business Administration, Hawaii Pacific University, 2009

Early Career

• -Elected to the Honolulu City Council in 2002 at age 21, becoming the youngest person ever elected to that body; served as a state legislator representing Oahu through 2004
• -Commissioned as an officer in the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2003; deployed to Iraq with a field medical unit in 2004-2005, returning to her political career while maintaining her National Guard commission
• -Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 representing Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District; became the first Hindu member of Congress and the first American Samoan voting member of Congress

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