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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth presents the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Chief Petty Officer navy diver Pierce Decker at Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickman in Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth presents the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Chief Petty Officer navy diver Pierce Decker at Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickman in Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth texted about plans to kill a Houthi militant leader in Yemen two hours before a military operation meant to be shrouded in secrecy, according to screenshots of a chat released by The Atlantic yesterday.
The revelation that highly sensitive attack plans were shared on a commercial messaging app, possibly on personal cellphones, has triggered outrage in Washington and calls from Democrats that members of Donald Trump’s national security team be fired over the leaks.