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Nobody was texting war plans, and that's all I have to say about that,
Hegseth told reporters after landing in Hawaii on Monday
I think it would be a terrible mistake for there to be adverse consequences on any of the people that were involved in that call,
Johnson said
Sounds like a huge screw-up. I mean, is there any other way to describe it?”
John Cornyn, R-Texas, responded to questions from reporters with an online commentIt was reckless not to check who was on the thread. It was reckless to be having that conversation on Signal. You can't have recklessness as the national security adviser,
Politico quoted a WH officialIt's very clear what's happening. The Trump administration is on a campaign to do everything it can to diminish and obstruct journalism in the United States,
said Bill Grueskin, a journalism professor at Columbia University
We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain. The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials. The ongoing success of the Houthi operation demonstrates that there were no threats to our service members or our national security,
Hughes said in a statementThis is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time,
Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, said in a floor speech Monday afternoonClearly, I think the administration has acknowledged it was a mistake and they’ll tighten up and make sure it doesn’t happen again,
he added
As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return.”
But that line of reasoning was shut down from an account labelled “SM” — apparently White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller – who wrote
We’ll have a plan.”
The South Dakota Republican also told reportersThe U.S. has a vested security interest in the Arctic region and it should not be a surprise the National Security Advisor and Secretary of Energy are visiting a U.S. Space Base to get first-hand briefings from our service members on the ground,
White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statementI'd like to see the Fed lower interest rates. That's just my opinion,
he said during a Cabinet meetingSo this is the guy that peddles in garbage. This is what he does,
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More investments, more jobs, and more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans -- all thanks to President Trump's economic policies,
wrote White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on social mediaThis information is highly valuable, and it shouldn't be surprising that Russia and China and other organizations -- criminal syndicates for instance -- would be aggressively recruiting government employees,
said Theresa Payton, a former White House chief information officer under President George W. Bush, who now runs her own cybersecurity firmThe message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain,
National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said
I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan of the Atlantic. To me, it's a magazine that's going out of business. It's not much of a magazine but I know nothing about it,
Trump saidHalf of them saying he's never going to survive or shouldn't survive,
Politico quoted one official
I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now,
a message from a number believed to be Mr Vance’s saidWell, it couldn't have been very effective because the attack was very effective. I can tell you that."
Trump then asked a reporter for more information about the general details of the story, and after being told the chat involved discussion of the strikes on the Houthis, he said