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Congress pushes back at White House over Signal group chat

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The White House says it has taken steps to ensure the inadvertent addition of a journalist to a group chat to discuss sensitive information about a pending airstrike in Yemen can “never happen again” But Sen. Mike Rounds , a member of the Senate ’s Armed Services Committee , noted lawmakers’ plans to probe the matter are not over after asking for an investigation by the inspector general of the Department of Defense .

Intelligence experts argue that despite its use of encryption, Signal is not an appropriate channel for discussing classified information.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee asked for an investigation from the inspectors general of the Department of Defense , the State Department , the CIA and the Treasury Department as well as White House counsel David Warrington .

Democrats have also called on Gabbard to ignite a damage assessment of the incident.