Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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The information posted in the second chat was identical to the sensitive operations details shared in the first chat, which included members of President Trump’s National Security Council, the person said.
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Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Comment on the second chat group was not immediately released by the White House, the National Security Council or the Pentagon, AP noted.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
The sharing of the details reportedly occurred around the same time in mid-March when key members of President Donald Trump's National Security Council, including Hegseth, inadvertently shared details about the March 15 missile strike in Yemen with the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
Russia, a longstanding ally of Tehran, plays a role in Iran's nuclear negotiations with the West as a veto-wielding U.N. Security Council member and a signatory to an earlier nuclear deal Trump abandoned during his first term in 2018.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Comment on the second chat group was not immediately released by the White House, the National Security Council or the Pentagon, AP noted.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
The sharing of the details reportedly occurred around the same time in mid-March when key members of President Donald Trump's National Security Council, including Hegseth, inadvertently shared details about the March 15 missile strike in Yemen with the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
Russia, a longstanding ally of Tehran, plays a role in Iran's nuclear negotiations with the West as a veto-wielding U.N. Security Council member and a signatory to an earlier nuclear deal Trump abandoned during his first term in 2018.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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