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If Pete Hegseth had any honour, he would resign over leak

The US Defence Secretary is guilty of gross negligence for adding a journalist to a chat group that gave him a ringside seat to military strikes on Yemen.

David French
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I don’t know how Pete Hegseth can look service members in the eye. He’s just blown his credibility as a military leader.

On Monday, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg published one of the most extraordinary stories I’ve ever read.

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