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White House plagued by Signal controversy as Pentagon in “full-blown meltdown” | Trump insists defense secretary who shared secrets on Signal “doing a great job.”


Trump insists defense secretary who shared secrets on Signal “doing a great job.”…

That second revelation sparked a "full-blown meltdown" at the Pentagon, The Guardian reported, apparently prompting the Trump administration to begin "the process of looking for a new secretary of defense," a US official granted anonymity told NPR Monday. Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesperson, joined the White House in pushing back against reports, claiming the NYT's sources are "disgruntled" former employees and insisting on X that "there was no classified information in any Signal chat." According to The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally copied on the initial Signal chat that sparked the backlash, Hegseth shared "precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing" two hours before the attack.

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