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A truth teller.

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There's probably no more contested profession in the world today than mine, journalism.

I'm Brian Reed, and on my show, Question Everything,

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump and the White House are

trying to downplay the incident in which a journalist was added to a group chat of

administration officials who were sharing plans for a U.S. military strike on Yemen.

The journalist added was Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic.

He says National Security Advisor Mike Walsh or someone in his office added him to the chat.

The National Security Council is investigating how Jeffrey Goldberg got looped in.

President Trump is defending Waltz and says he does not need to

apologize. The president also says, as far as he understands, there was no classified information

shared in the encrypted messaging app signal. If it was up to me, everybody would be sitting in a room

together. The room would have solid lead walls and a lead ceiling and a lead floor, but, you know, life doesn't always let you do

that.

The president did not specify if he would ban the use of signal for his administration officials.

Catherine Marr, the CEO of NPR, also chairs the board of the Signal Foundation, a nonprofit

that supports the messaging app.

Dipa Chivaram, NPR News, the White House.

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