Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said Sunday that the calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s resignation are “way overkill” but added it would be “appropriate” for the inspector general to investigate how a reporter was included on a thread about military plans in Yemen.

Lankford made the remarks in an interview with CNN in the aftermath of a week of turmoil that erupted when the editor of The Atlantic was inadvertently added to a thread on Signal where Hegseth and other White House national security officials were discussing strike plans against the Houthi terrorists.

Lankford said he supports Hegseth.

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