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Pentagon inspector general launches investigation into Hegseth’s Signal group chat use

By Mike Brest
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The Department of Defense‘s Office of the Inspector General announced Thursday that it will investigate Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth‘s use of Signal to discuss military operations.

The Signal group chat included several Cabinet members, including Hegseth, as well as Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who was added accidentally and unknowingly. Cabinet members used the unsecured platform to discuss whether to begin a military campaign against the Houthis in Yemen.

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