WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) report which concluded that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth endangered the lives of American service members by discussing military operations via unsecured text chains:
"Today's DOD Inspector General report reinforces what we already knew to be true: Secretary Hegseth does not have the good judgement required of the person tasked with leading the U.S. Department of Defense. By recklessly shooting off about classified war plans in two separate group chats - one of...