National defense officials, including Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, used the Signal app to discuss military strikes in Yemen. That group chat raised security concerns, prompting an Inspector General inquiry.

The Pentagon Inspector General is releasing two reports Thursday regarding the use of the Signal app by top Trump defense officials to discuss U.S. military action plans in Yemen earlier this year.

It was made public in March that national security officials, including Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, used the Signal app to discuss military strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, who at the time was the National Security Advisor, reportedly set up the group chat. An editor with The Atlantic was mistakenly included in the group a

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