Gabbard says husband’s surgery was successful: ‘Now the recovery begins’

Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation as director of national intelligence after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer, said he underwent successful surgery and is recovering. 

“My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma,” Gabbard wrote on the social platform X. “The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful.”

“He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain but is finally home resting. Now recovery begins. We’re so grateful for the outpouring of prayers and kind messages from all of you. Our hearts are full,” she added.

Gabbard said she will step down at the end of the month, writing in a letter to President Trump that her husband’s recent diagnosis requires her to “step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.”

The former lawmaker married her husband Abraham Williams in 2015. In her letter to........

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