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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani

Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials

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Pete and Jennifer Hegseth in Washington DC on 12 December 2024. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The wife of the US defense secretary Pete Hegseth attended two meetings with foreign defense officials during which sensitive information was discussed, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.

The Journal’s report on Hegseth arrived late on Friday as he faced scrutiny for detailing plans of a military strike in a group chat on Signal, made public by a journalist at the Atlantic who had been added to the chat. Multiple Democrats have called for his resignation while a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the defense department calling for an inquiry into the group chat.

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