GOP Senators Express Concern Over Trump Officials' Signal Chat Leak: 'Does It Concern Me—Hell Yes'

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Multiple GOP Senators express concern over the Signal chat leak.

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00:00I think it was poorly handled, but that said, what I'm satisfied with is if it never happens

00:05again.

00:06And they've got to make that commitment or assurance to people so that we don't have

00:09to worry about it ever happening again.

00:11And I can't imagine it's going to.

00:12Do you think that was classified information that was on there?

00:16It's hard to say.

00:17I've talked to some of the people in Intel and whatnot, and it's so detailed.

00:21Whether it's technically classified or not, I mean, the president actually has authority

00:25to determine these things officially.

00:27That said, whatever it is, whether it's considered, quote, classified or just highly sensitive,

00:32it was too detailed.

00:35Whether you can call it a war plan or not, it's just too detailed to pretend it wasn't

00:39a big deal.

00:40Do you have confidence in Hagseth?

00:41I do.

00:42I do.

00:43Regardless of how difficult it is to talk about it today or tomorrow, I have confidence

00:48that it's not going to happen again.

00:50One thing about it, one thing that the communication did prove is that Pete Hagseth is a warrior's

00:54warrior, and that he takes a peace through strength attitude, deterrence by action.

01:02He certainly was supportive of the attacks on the Houthis, rather than just sitting back

01:07and taking attacks from the Houthis, which is what the previous administration did.

01:14I think it's pretty self-explanatory.

01:16A group of them were on a group chat.

01:18They thought it was safe, and they had a discussion.

01:22I think they made some mistakes in that regard, and I think it was a real learning experience

01:28for this group of leaders.

01:32I'm worried about everybody and how they have handled this signal controversy.

01:37Do you think you should?

01:38It's really concerning.

01:40Should he resign?

01:44I think we're going to figure out.

01:46It appears that Mr. Walls has accepted fault for it.

01:53I don't know.

01:54Hagseth had all those battle plans he discussed.

01:58Does it concern me?

01:59Hell yes.

02:03I can't see any rationale for the kind of conversation that took place over signal for

02:11not taking place in a more secure manner than that.

02:15I think that's hard to explain.

02:19The Committee on Armed Services, I understand, is going to conduct hearings, and I hope what

02:26errors seem to have occurred result in different ways of doing business in the future.

02:31It seemed like there was this classified information that was being discussed by Pete Hagseth.

02:35I mean, I've listened to the conversation in both hearings yesterday and the news media

02:41today.

02:42There's a lot of controversy about what's classified.

02:46I haven't seen the words that were said, but certainly the topic is of a nature in which

02:51you would not want our adversaries to know.

02:55You certainly wouldn't want the details known, and this form of communication allowed that

03:00to happen.

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