HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Connecticut lawmakers are calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s resignation following a Pentagon Inspector General report detailing his use of unsecured communications and other alleged security breaches.

Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., directly called for Hegseth’s resignation Wednesday, citing the inspector general’s findings and reports of unauthorized military operations.

“Secretary Hegseth needs to resign,” Larson said. “Presiding over an illegal second strike in the Caribbean Sea is the last straw.”

The Pentagon Inspector General’s report examined Hegseth’s use of unsecured communications during military operations. According to the report, Hegseth transmitted specific details of Operation Rough Rider from an unsecured device to a text chain that includ

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