
Entry 048Mar 24, 2025
“Nobody was texting war plans, and that's all I have to say about that.”48
48Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, Remarks to reporters on arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 24, 2025. Source
Why it’s on the record. On March 26, 2025, The Atlantic published the messages. Hegseth's own posts gave strike times ('1215et: F-18s LAUNCH'), the weapons platforms involved, and the line 'THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP.' PolitiFact rated his statement False.
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On the record
Hours after The Atlantic reported that its editor had been added to a Signal group chat about the Yemen strikes, Hegseth denied that war plans had been shared.
- Said by
- Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense
- Where
- Remarks to reporters on arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
- When
- Mar 24, 2025
- Source
- Remarks to reporters on arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 24, 2025