Multiple GOP Senators express concern over the Signal chat leak.
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00:00I think it was poorly handled, but that said, what I'm satisfied with is if it never happens
00:05again.
00:06And they've got to make that commitment or assurance to people so that we don't have
00:09to worry about it ever happening again.
00:11And I can't imagine it's going to.
00:12Do you think that was classified information that was on there?
00:16It's hard to say.
00:17I've talked to some of the people in Intel and whatnot, and it's so detailed.
00:21Whether it's technically classified or not, I mean, the president actually has authority
00:25to determine these things officially.
00:27That said, whatever it is, whether it's considered, quote, classified or just highly sensitive,
00:32it was too detailed.
00:35Whether you can call it a war plan or not, it's just too detailed to pretend it wasn't
00:39a big deal.
00:40Do you have confidence in Hagseth?
00:41I do.
00:42I do.
00:43Regardless of how difficult it is to talk about it today or tomorrow, I have confidence
00:48that it's not going to happen again.
00:50One thing about it, one thing that the communication did prove is that Pete Hagseth is a warrior's
00:54warrior, and that he takes a peace through strength attitude, deterrence by action.
01:02He certainly was supportive of the attacks on the Houthis, rather than just sitting back
01:07and taking attacks from the Houthis, which is what the previous administration did.
01:14I think it's pretty self-explanatory.
01:16A group of them were on a group chat.
01:18They thought it was safe, and they had a discussion.
01:22I think they made some mistakes in that regard, and I think it was a real learning experience
01:28for this group of leaders.
01:32I'm worried about everybody and how they have handled this signal controversy.
01:37Do you think you should?
01:38It's really concerning.
01:40Should he resign?
01:44I think we're going to figure out.
01:46It appears that Mr. Walls has accepted fault for it.
01:53I don't know.
01:54Hagseth had all those battle plans he discussed.
01:58Does it concern me?
01:59Hell yes.
02:03I can't see any rationale for the kind of conversation that took place over signal for
02:11not taking place in a more secure manner than that.
02:15I think that's hard to explain.
02:19The Committee on Armed Services, I understand, is going to conduct hearings, and I hope what
02:26errors seem to have occurred result in different ways of doing business in the future.
02:31It seemed like there was this classified information that was being discussed by Pete Hagseth.
02:35I mean, I've listened to the conversation in both hearings yesterday and the news media
02:41today.
02:42There's a lot of controversy about what's classified.
02:46I haven't seen the words that were said, but certainly the topic is of a nature in which
02:51you would not want our adversaries to know.
02:55You certainly wouldn't want the details known, and this form of communication allowed that
03:00to happen.