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WATCH: Joint Chiefs nominee Caine says he would 'weigh in and stop' chat with war plans
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1:30Now PlayingRetired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine was asked Tuesday what he would do if he were on an unclassified text chain where war plans or tactical information were being shared.
“Well, I think I would weigh in and stop it,” he said, adding that he was not part of the Signal chat among members of the Trump administration.
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., followed up on a line of questioning raised by other Democratic senators about the Signal chat during Caine’s confirmation hearing for Joint Chiefs chairman.
The sensitive conversation about war plans on the commercial messaging platform came to light because Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and the moderator of Washington Week, was accidentally added to the chat. The revelation has prompted calls for an investigation.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that as far as the administration was concerned, “This case has been closed."
After firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown as the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, President Donald Trump nominated Caine, a retired Air Force pilot. Though he has decades of experience and worked on national security and led special operations, he would need presidential waivers to meet several requirements of the job: Caine is retired, not active-duty, and has three stars — under U.S. code, chairs are usually expected to have served in a four-star position.
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