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Clea Skopeliti

Democrats call for US Defence Secretary Hegseth to resign over Signal group chat leak

Senior figures in the Democratic party have called for the resignation of US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth after he sent war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a Signal group chat that included a journalist.

The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported on Monday that the material shared "contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the US would be deploying, and attack sequencing".

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