Tulsi Gabbard: “The bottom line shared up front, is that the DOD and the VA need to work together to think outside the box.”

For me, this has never been about politics. It's about service. Service to country, service to others, and making sure the truth reaches the people who make the hardest decisions.

If I was interested in serving myself, I would be in Hawaii on a surfboard right now, living the easy life with my family in the place that we are grateful to call home.

Given the serious national security threat posed by the ongoing sale of data to foreign adversaries from sensitive U.S. government facilities, we urge DOJ and the DNI to promptly act to address these problems.

My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.