Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters in the course of the White Home Easter Egg Roll on the South Garden of the White Home on April 21, the day after The New York Occasions reported that he shared info final month to a second non-public Sign group chat about strikes in Yemen.
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The White Home has begun the method of on the lookout for a brand new secretary of protection, in accordance with a U.S. official who was not licensed to talk publicly.
This comes as Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to search out himself mired in controversy. NPR has additionally confirmed with the identical official that Hegseth shared particulars forward of final month’s Yemen strikes together with his spouse and brother in a Sign chat on his private telephone, minutes after being up to date by a senior U.S. army official. The information of the second Sign group chat concerning the mission was first reported by The New York Occasions.
In March, Hegseth shared particulars about motion in opposition to Houthi targets in Yemen in a Sign chat with high White Home officers that by chance included a journalist.
In the previous couple of weeks, 4 senior advisers to Hegseth have left abruptly, some accused of leaking. They’ve all launched public statements suggesting infighting throughout the division of protection.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that there is an effort to exchange Hegseth, posting on X that President Trump “stands strongly” behind him.
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NPR disclosure: Katherine Maher, the CEO of NPR, chairs the board of the Sign Basis.
