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Trump on DoD Sending Secret War Plans to Journalist: "Itâs just something that can happen"

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth accidentally shared secret war plans with The Atlantic 's Jeffrey Goldberg via a rogue invite to a group Signal chat.

The Atlantic has since released nearly the entire chat including the specific time a strike was expected to hit a target.

President Trump said that the leak was not classified and that no classified information was shared.

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informal

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English

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46

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possibly offensive

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