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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after it was revealed he had a second Signal group chat with family members where he discussed Yemen airstrikes.

"They were Pentagon employees who leaked against their boss, to news agencies in this room," Leavitt said. "And it's been clear since Day 1 from this administration that we are not going to tolerate individuals who leaked to the mainstream media, particularly when it comes to sensitive information."

"And the secretary of Defense is doing a tremendous job, and he is bringing the monumental change to the Pentagon. And there's a lot of people in this city who reject monumental change. And I think, frankly, that's why we've seen a smear campaign against the secretary of defense since the moment that President Trump announced his nomination before the United States Senate."

Leavitt reiterated that Trump stands behind Hegseth. Trump defended his defense secretary on Monday, saying he still had confidence in him.

Rubio’s reorganization of the State Department would involve shuttering 132 agency offices and ultimately lead to the elimination of roughly 700 of the department’s D.C.-based civil and foreign service workforce positions, officials familiar with the proposal told ABC News.

Offices on the chopping block include those under the department’s Energy Resources and Conflict and Stabilization Operations wings, the Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary, the Office of Global Criminal Justice, the Office of International Religious Freedoms, the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Office of Global Women’s Issues, and the Office of Global Partnerships.

Additionally, the department’s Arms Control, Deterrence and Stability bureau will be merged with its International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau (and now branded Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Stability).

Plus, what was the department’s Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism bureau will see significant reductions and now be known just as the Counterterrorism bureau. Several special envoys and their offices are also expected to be eliminated.

A senior State Department official told ABC News that no layoffs are expected to happen immediately, and that department leaders will have 30 days to analyze and implement the plan.

The official also claimed that the elimination of roles within the department does not necessarily directly translate to the number of employees that will eventually be let go, and that many in eliminated offices will likely be moved to other areas.

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston

President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on trade and Iran on Tuesday morning.

"The call went very well -- We are on the same side of every issue," Trump wrote on social media.

The conversation between the two leaders comes as Trump touted "very good meetings" on Russia, Ukraine and Iran.

“So I will be giving you a full detail over the next three days, but we have very good meetings on Ukraine, Russia. We had very good meetings actually on Iran, too. We'll see how that works,” Trump teased on Monday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a reorganization of the State Department Tuesday, arguing, "In its current form, the Department is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition."

"Region-specific functions will be consolidated to increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed, and non-statutory programs that are misaligned with America's core national interests will cease to exist," he added.

Rubio said the reorganization will take place "methodically over the next several months."

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston