US EditionMike Waltz to be questioned about Signal chat at Senate hearing on UN role
UNITED STATES SENATE, JUL 14 – Mike Waltz faces scrutiny over his Signalgate scandal and views on U.S. foreign aid and support for the U.N. and Ukraine during his Senate confirmation hearing, Republicans hold a 53-47 majority.
- Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will face questioning from lawmakers about accidentally adding a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive military plans.
- Waltz took responsibility for the incident, which led to criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who shared the sensitive plans in the chat.
- Waltz has spent the last several weeks meeting with senators ahead of his confirmation hearing, where he only needs a majority in the Republican-controlled Senate.
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Mike Waltz, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, faced a tough confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 15 for his nomination as United Nations (U.N.) ambassador. He fielded questions about his responsibility in adding a journalist to a sensitive military phone chat group and vowed to protect American sovereignty at the U.N. Waltz, who served three terms in Congress before Trump tapped him…
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Trump’s Nominee for the Un Defends Himself in the Senate From the Controversial Use of Signal’s Chat
Washington, Jul 15 (EFE).- Mike Waltz, nominated as U.S. ambassador to the UN, defended himself this Tuesday before the Senate over the controversy over having used last March, when he was a White House National Security adviser, a group chat of Signal to discuss preparations for a bombing in Yemen. Pressed by Democratic legislators, Waltz said that “there was no classified information in that chat,” in which he mistakenly added a journalist fro…
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