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Signal war plans chat: Five takeaways from leaked US top military meeting

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Atlantic magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal platform messaging group.

The group apparently included Vice-President JD Vance , Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz .

The topic being discussed was attacking the Iran -backed Houthi group in Yemen .

Vance said targeting Houthi forces that are attacking the Suez Canal serves European interests more than the US .

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