Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s participation in a Signal chatroom discussing upcoming attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen while a journalist was present in the room is the “first strike” for the Trump administration, according to Sen. Kevin Cramer, as he and several Republicans say they’re keeping him under close watch.
“I think they should make sure it never happens again,” Kramer, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, commented, reported The Hill Thursday. “It’s the first strike in the early stages of an administration.”
“I don’t know how many strikes you get,” he added. “In baseball, you get three. Maybe this is worth two. If mistakes like this continue to happen, we’ll deal with them as it happens. My hope and my expectation is that it won’t.”
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