WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to the U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General's report which confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put American servicemembers at greater risk by sharing sensitive information about military operations that obviously should have remained classified in unclassified, unsecure Signal chains:
"The report confirms what anyone who has served in uniform already knew about the information he sent on that Signal chain: Hegseth shared sensitive operational information that put our troops at greater risk.
"This was a jaw-dropping breach of our national se...