US national security adviser takes responsibility for including journalist in Yemen group chat

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

WASHINGTON — US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz claims “full responsibility” for mistakenly adding a journalist to a group chat in which top American officials discussed impending strikes in Yemen.

“I take full responsibility. I built the group; my job is to make sure everything’s coordinated,” Waltz tells Fox News host Laura Ingraham in his first interview on the security breach, adding that he does not personally know Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who was added to the chat.

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