Mike Waltz to face grilling over Signal chat
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U.N. ambassador nominee Mike Waltz denied sharing sensitive information during a mobile app chat in March during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
The lawmakers used Waltz's nomination hearing for U.N. ambassador to resurrect criticisms of the handling of sensitive Signal chats.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, criticized Waltz’s inability to take accountability. Booker said Waltz “denied” and “deflected” rather than own up to his mistakes, something the New Jersey senator said is a “failure of leadership.” He called Waltz’s actions a show of “profound cowardice.”
Eddie Pool told lawmakers it is “highly unlikely” the agency’s IT office would need to rehire employees who left through deferred resignation or early retirement.
The former national security advisor, now U.N. ambassador nominee, was largely spared from expected questions over his participation in the ‘Signalgate’ controversy
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