Congressman Suhas Subramanyam Calls for the Resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign. 

“It is an indisputable fact that Secretary Hegseth shared classified, highly detailed military plans on a non-secure public messaging app to a group that inexplicably included a journalist,” said Congressman Suhas Subramanyam. “These actions violated several federal laws and put our military and our country at risk.” 

“Our national security leadership has betrayed the trust of our men and women in uniform and is making our allies question whether they should share intelligence with us. Instead of taking responsibility for his actions, Secretary Hegseth has doubled down on his reckless behavior and made us vulnerable to our adversaries. The American people deserve better leadership. Secretary Hegseth should resign.”

In a piece in The Atlantic, it was revealed that the White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz inadvertently added a journalist to a confidential group chat where they coordinated military plans and strategy on Signal, a commercial and unsecure public messaging application. The plans Secretary Hegseth disseminated in the group chat were classified and their substance only permitted for discussion is a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, or SCIF.

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