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Bipartisan chorus seeks probes after Signal group chat incident

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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., left, speaks in front of text messages by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during an annual worldwide threats assessment hearing at the Longworth House Office Building on March 26 in Washington, D.C. 

WASHINGTON � Senators from both parties were poised to issue formal requests Wednesday for multiple inspector general probes into senior officials� use this month of the Signal messaging app to discuss a military operation � and whether the incident is an aberration or part of a pattern.

Senate Armed Services Committee leaders said they are preparing a letter to the acting Pentagon inspector general on Wednesday that would request a probe of the incident, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top Trump administration officials discussed plans for bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen ahead of the operation. The messages in the chat were set to disappear in a week, potentially complicating legally required recordkeeping.





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