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Home / Israel-Iran / Trump’s rebuke of Gabbard signals an uneasy moment
Israel‑Iran, Middle East

June 20, 2025

Trump’s rebuke of Gabbard signals an uneasy moment

“The president needs someone who will give him the right intelligence information, whether he likes it or not,” said Daniel L. Davis, an analyst at the think tank Defense Priorities, which advocates a restrained foreign policy. “If you put someone else in there, they might only tell him what he wants to hear.”

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