Zoom out: Gabbard briefed Trump, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Marco Rubio — in Rubio's capacity as national security adviser — about the planned force reduction two weeks ago, the officials said. It's estimated that the measures will save $700 million a year.

Tulsi Gabbard promised to slash the size of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which she runs, by “nearly 50%” by October, saving over $700m.

"In general, the value of the Fives Eyes intelligence partnership is that when we are making and they are making policy decisions, we can both augment each other's intelligence and therefore know mor...