Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseths use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U. S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen's Houthi militants, two people familiar with the findings said Wednesday. Hegseth, however, has the ability to declassify material and the report did not find he did so improperly, according to one of the people familiar with the findings who spoke on of a...
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