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US Defence Secretary put troops at risk with Signal chat affair, Pentagon watchdog finds

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Publish Date
Fri, 5 Dec 2025, 9:13am
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US Defence Secretary put troops at risk with Signal chat affair, Pentagon watchdog finds

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 5 Dec 2025, 9:13am

The US Defence Secretary seems to be in hot water. 

A Department of Defence report concluded that Pete Hegseth put military personnel at risk when he shared information of a planned airstrike over Signal. 

The incident came to light when a journalist for the Atlantic was accidently added to the chat in which sensitive details of the strike on Houthi fighters in Yemen back in March.  

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking Hegseth refused to take part in interviews for the investigation, claiming he has the power to declassify material mentally. 

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