WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:

Today, in response to the Department of Defense Inspector General report finding that Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering American troops and compromising mission objectives when he communicated war plans over Signal, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees, released the following statement:

"This report only clarifies what we have known for months: Secretary Hegseth's reckless behavior and poor judgment are putting U.S. service members in danger and jeopardizing our national security. While he frequently denigrates the troops under his command to score political points, Secretary Hegseth himself...