Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced on Wednesday plans to cut her “bloated” department’s workforce by over 40% by the end of September, billing the effort as an initiative to save taxpayers over $700 million annually.

After the reorganization wraps up at the end of fiscal 2025, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will have around 1,300 staffers, down from the roughly 1,800 employed by the agency at the start of Gabbard’s tenure under the Trump administration.

Gabbard argued this week that the latest workforce reduction effort was needed to help the country’s premier intelligence department to “refocus on executing its core national security mission with integrity in the most agile, effective, and efficient way.”

“Over the last 20 years, ODNI has b

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