During a press briefing on the Signal group chat leak on Tuesday, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) spoke about his disappointment in Trump officials leaking a Signal group chat detailing Yemen war plans.
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00:00Let me thank Congressman Thompson and Representative Ryan for putting this together and of course it is a very
00:08Proud yet disappointing moment that I get to stand here with my veterans and have this type of discussion with all of you
00:14I'll keep it short because I'm sure
00:16Probably get in the repetition some of you already finished all of your stories, but the fact is is that?
00:21Repetition is kind of what we know up here, especially if you've served in the United States military
00:27That's how they teach you basic things
00:30And I can tell you that one of the most basic things that they teach you from the minute you take that oath is
00:37operation security
00:38OPSEC and you get it drilled into your head and every member of the armed services
00:44From the lowest enlisted and yes, you would hope you would hope to the Secretary of Defense
00:52Would understand the importance of OPSEC and you have to understand the importance
00:57classified information and handling classified information
01:01because the problem is is that classified information and
01:05That getting out can lead to the loss of lives can lead to the loss of lives
01:10And that is what happened here this type of breach this type of carelessness this type of recklessness
01:18Put men and women in uniform in jeopardy
01:22I have a nephew that's serving on a ship in the Middle East right now
01:27His life I can tell you was in jeopardy because of this
01:31Mothers and fathers whose sons and daughters are serving over there at this moment should be very angry
01:38They should be talking to their members of Congress
01:42Democrats and Republicans about what we need to do to ensure that this never happens again
01:48in regards to that as you heard earlier I too am
01:53And dismayed at
01:55What would have happened if the shoe was on the other foot?
02:00If that this was another administration and this happened where are our Republican colleagues?
02:06Where are our Republican colleagues who served in the military look all of us up here?
02:11We'll probably tell you what we act in a very bipartisan manner of all times to be bipartisan
02:17This is it especially when it comes to this type of carelessness
02:21Especially when it comes to putting the lives of our military members in jeopardy
02:26And so I'm here to basically say to call out and to ensure that hope and that we hope that we can ensure not only
02:32oversight of this situation
02:34But that this is a type of oversight that needs to be done by Republicans and Democrats
02:39Especially when it comes to the men and women in our armed services
02:42And so I hope that's something we can continue to work on if not
02:47Basically you're seeing who actually understand what it means to keep our nation secure and keep our men and women in
02:55Uniform and keep their lives secure as well. Thank you
02:59I'm last one
03:01Ryan
03:04They won't have