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Pentagon’s watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen .

The encrypted app is not able to handle classified material and is not part of the Defense Department's secure communications network.

A journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic , was added to a Signal text chain by national security adviser Mike Waltz .

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80

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80

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91

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formal

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English

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78

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short-lived

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