Senator Wicker Issues Statement on Final Pentagon Office of Inspector General Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement:

"It is clear from the reports that the Secretary acted within his authority to communicate the information in question to other cabinet level officials. It is also clear to me that our senior leaders need more tools available to them to communicate classified information in real time and a variety of environments. I think we have some work to do in providing those tools to our national security leaders.

I also want to thank acting Inspector General Stebbins for his hard work and diligence in carrying out this process. From the beginning, we have asked that this matter be given the attention it demands and a full account of the facts to be presented. Accordingly, the Inspector General has been able to deliver exactly that."