The White House defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid stories that the Pentagon chief used a second Signal group chat to debate categorised navy plans, saying that President Donald Trump “stands strongly” behind Hegseth and his modifications on the Pentagon. In interviews, Hegseth remained defiant, insisting that fired officers leaked data.
0:00 CNN’s Jeff Zeleny and Natasha Bertrand focus on the Hegseth scandal
4:24 Marc Short, former VP Pence chief of workers, analyzes the political scenario
8:12 Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee, says Hegseth isn’t as much as the job
15:32 Laura Coates Live panel reacts to the Hegseth scandal
25:52 CNN Global Affairs Analyst Brett McGurk on why this issues
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