US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calls for a "full investigation" after a journalist was inadvertently included in a group chat in which top American officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, discussed upcoming strikes against Yemen's Huthi rebels.
The White House says Trump "continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team," after the US president earlier said he did not "know anything about" the issue.
The White House says Trump "continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team," after the US president earlier said he did not "know anything about" the issue.
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00:00The text chain was not a secure conversation.
00:05The app used is not approved for discussing classified military operations.
00:12Nevertheless, on this text chain, conversations went at length about imminent military operations.
00:21And the entire time, nobody seemed to realize that a private citizen without security clearance had access to this conversation.
00:31Mr. President, this is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time.
00:43This debacle requires a full investigation into how this happened, the damage it created, and how we can avoid it in the future.