AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Gabbard defers to Trump when asked if Iran posed "imminent threat"
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that only the president can determine if a nation poses an "imminent threat" during a Wednesday Senate hearing on worldwide threats. Why it matters: The spotlight on Gabbard, who has been largely quiet about the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran , has intensified after top aide Joe Kent , who directed the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation in a scathing letter about the war. - The White House said that Iran posed an imminent nuclear threat, but offered no public proof of what spurred the strikes. Driving the news: Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) asked Gabbard whether it was the intelligence community's assessment that the Iranian regime posed an "imminent nuclear threat,"…
