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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Meg Kinnard

As Waltz faces UN post hearings, an update on the Signal situation that led to his initial ousting

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As Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday for his confirmation hearing, focus returns to his ousting as national security adviser over what some referred to as “Signalgate.”

The former Florida Republican congressman served mere weeks in Trump's administration before revelations that he mistakenly added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic to a private Signal chat that was used to discuss sensitive military plans, including planning for strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen.

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