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Mark Pocan: “The inspector general just said that the whole signal gate…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 10:26

Derek says how high he'll jump, you know, whatever it takes. In this case, though, people know that it's wrong. And now we also on top of it, to add on to this, The inspector general just said that the whole signal gate with the secretary Hegseth using signal as an unsafe unsecure app could have put the lives of soldiers at risk. This guy is on pretty thin ice. Right now, or at least he should be. As Alicia notes, for someone who was a senior chief petty officer in the United States, Davey, I know that Derek Van Orden knows better. (10:26–10:39)

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Asserts that the inspector general reported risks to soldiers due to the use of an insecure app.

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