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| National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to leave White House role, media reports | National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to leave White House role, media reports |
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| Mike Waltz was President Trump's closest adviser on national security issues | Mike Waltz was President Trump's closest adviser on national security issues |
| US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is leaving his post with the Trump administration, according to media reports. | |
| Waltz, who was the president's principal adviser on national security issues, has had a difficult tenure amid accusations that senior officials used insecure methods of communication to conduct government business. | Waltz, who was the president's principal adviser on national security issues, has had a difficult tenure amid accusations that senior officials used insecure methods of communication to conduct government business. |
| Last month, he took responsibility for a group chat on the Signal messaging app in which high-ranking officials planned military strikes in Yemen in the company of a journalist who was inadvertently added. | Last month, he took responsibility for a group chat on the Signal messaging app in which high-ranking officials planned military strikes in Yemen in the company of a journalist who was inadvertently added. |
| Waltz's deputy Alex Nelson Wong has also reportedly been removed from his post in what appears to be a shakeup of the US' security establishment. | Waltz's deputy Alex Nelson Wong has also reportedly been removed from his post in what appears to be a shakeup of the US' security establishment. |
| The former Florida congressman is the first major official to leave the administration in Trump's second term. | |
| The BBC has reached out to the White House for comment. | |
| In March, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine Jeffrey Goldberg revealed he had been mistakenly added to a group chat on Signal, in which senior officials - including Waltz, Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio - discussed confidential information about a planned military strike on Yemen. | |
| Mr Goldberg revealed he was added to the chat by Mike Waltz, who later took responsibility for the fiasco. | Mr Goldberg revealed he was added to the chat by Mike Waltz, who later took responsibility for the fiasco. |
| At the time, Trump and US intelligence chiefs downplayed the security risks and said no classified material was shared. | At the time, Trump and US intelligence chiefs downplayed the security risks and said no classified material was shared. |
| President Trump had defended Waltz, saying he was "doing his best" with "equipment and technology that's not perfect". | President Trump had defended Waltz, saying he was "doing his best" with "equipment and technology that's not perfect". |
| But Democrats and some Republicans had called for an investigation into what several lawmakers described as a major breach. | But Democrats and some Republicans had called for an investigation into what several lawmakers described as a major breach. |