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President Donald Trump is backing Defense Secretary Pete
Hegseth as some Democrats call for his resignation over the leak of a Signal
chat containing information about a military strike in Yemen.
The president addressed the controversy after Hegseth sent
details about the attack to members of the administration in a Signal chat,
which mistakenly included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
Goldberg published the full messages Wednesday morning.
After several Democrats in Congress called for Hegseth's
resignation due to the scandal, reporters asked Trump if he thought Hegseth
would want to resign.
"Hegseth's doing a great job. He had nothing to do with
this. Hegseth. How do you get him involved in this?" Trump responded.