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A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal


The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The Pentagon acting Inspector General Steven Stebbins is beginning an evaluation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to discuss military operations. Stebbins' memo on Thursday follows a request from the Republican chairman and the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee for a probe into the incident, which was first reported by the journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. The lawmakers have voiced concern about whether Hegseth and other top national security officials shared classified information on a commercially available encrypted messaging app as they discussed a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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