Signal might be a good app for you and me and our local drug dealer, but it’s not for the Pentagon to plan wars on.

If this continues, a group chat foul will be the least of our concerns, and all the fist and flag emojis in the world won’t save us.

I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans. I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.

Modernizes our armed forces to address the evolving threats of the 21st Century, ensuring the Defense Department is able to compete with China and other adversaries across the globe.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on the national defense budget for FY23 and the importance of the funding