Hegseth responded to questions regarding an article in The Atlantic revealing a stunning breach of national security involving high-level Trump administration officials. The magazine’s editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, revealed in the piece that he was inadvertently included in a group text with Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz and other Trump administration officials where internal deliberations and operational details about airstrikes against Houthi terrorists were discussed.