Here's how the incident played out earlier this month, based on reporting from The Atlantic and from the wire service Reuters.

“Nobody was texting war plans and that’s all I have to say about that,” Hegseth told reporters in Hawaii when asked about a report in The Atlantic revealing a stunning breach of national security involving high-level Trump administration officials.

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