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Mike Waltz to be questioned about Signal chat at Senate hearing on UN role

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, JUL 15 – Mike Waltz faces scrutiny over a Signal chat breach that led to his removal from a national security post, as Senate Republicans support his UN ambassador nomination.

  • 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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President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, defended Tuesday's use of a group chat to discuss military aircraft, facing a hearing in the Senate to be ratified as a United States ambassador to the United Nations. Waltz was removed from office in early May, weakened by revelations by a journalist from The Atlantic magazine who had been mistakenly added to a discussion group on imminent U.S. attacks against the Houthi reb…

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Washington Examiner broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, July 14, 2025.
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