Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Pentagon's top independent watchdog has released its findings on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of signal to communicate sensitive operational details. The report concludes that Hegseth violated Pentagon policies. It states that, quote, the secretary sent non-public DOD information identifying the quantity and strike times of manned U.S.
aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network approximately two to four hours before the execution of those strikes.
The report goes on to say, quote, using a personal cell phone to conduct official business and send non-public DOD information through Signal risks potential compromise of sensitive DOD information, which could cause harm to DOD personnel and mission objectives, end quote. NPR's Greg Myrie has more on who was on that Signal chat.
He was in contact with essentially all top national security officials, the CIA director, director of national intelligence, the national security advisor, the secretary of state. And as we noted, what none of them knew was that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, was inadvertently included and was reading the messages as well.
NPR's Greg Myhre. We should note NPR CEO Catherine Maher chairs the board of the Signal Foundation. After a five-year investigation into who put pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican Committee headquarters hours before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the FBI believes it has its man. Three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NPR that agents made an arrest.
One of the sources says the suspect was picked up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Woodbridge, Virginia. A powerful advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention convenes a two-day meeting today to consider controversial changes to how doctors vaccinate children against dangerous infectious diseases.
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Chapter 2: What findings did the Pentagon's watchdog report reveal about Defense Secretary Hegseth?
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The CDC advisers will consider dropping a recommendation that all babies routinely get vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth. Proponents of making the change argue the shots should be delayed because the virus spreads through sex and drug use. But most experts say babies can catch the virus in other ways, increasing the risk for liver disease, failure, and cancer.
The committee will also discuss changing how pediatricians inoculate children against more than a dozen other infectious diseases, including measles, whooping cough, and polio. Most public health experts say any changes are unnecessary and would be dangerous. Rob Stein, NPR News.
At last, check on Wall Street. The Dow is down 43 points at 47,839. It's NPR News. The administration is preparing to announce an aid package for many farmers. NPR's Kirk Sigler with more.
Farmers have been ramping up the pressure on the White House after the harvest. Millions of tons of soybeans are sitting in bins across the Midwest since China has been buying instead from Brazil amid a heated trade war.
At the president's cabinet meeting, Ag Secretary Brooke Rawlins told Trump that next week she'll announce, quote, bridge payments to farmers to keep them afloat as trade negotiations continue.
For so long, our farmers, many of them have been farming for government checks instead of moving their product around the world. These trade deals changed that forever.
The White House says China has committed to buying 12 million tons of soybeans this year. That's less than half of what they bought last year. Kirk Ziegler, NPR News.
San Francisco has filed suit alleging companies making ultra-processed food deliberately create unhealthy products to boost sales. Here's KALW's Jordan Carnes.
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