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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was back on the Hill Wednesday to testify before the House Intelligence Committee and told its members that adding The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat was a "mistake," but that no classified information was shared.

"The conversation was candid and sensitive, but as the president and national security adviser stated, no classified information was shared. There were no sources, methods, locations or war plans that were shared. This was a standard update to the national security cabinet that was provided alongside updates that were given to foreign partners in the region."

She continued, "the Signal message app comes pre-installed on government devices. December of 2024 CISA stated, quote, 'we strongly urge highly targeted individuals to immediately review and apply best practices provided in the guidance to protect mobile communications, including consistent use of end-to-end encryption.' And they named signal as an app as an example of such an end-to-end encrypted messaging app."

-ABC News' Luke Barr, Christopher Boccia, Cherise Halsall and Nathan Luna

Five House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday requesting that she appoint an independent special counsel to investigate the national security breach involving the Signal group chat.

"This remarkably careless and dangerous episode calls into question the integrity of our national security procedures and the security of our most sensitive military and intelligence information. Given the gravity of this error and the need for independent review, we believe that your appointment of a special counsel to investigate the conduct of these senior administration officials in this case is both urgent and necessary," the letter reads.

The letter came from Reps. Dan Goldman, Jason Crow, Mikie Sherrill, Pat Ryan and Wesley Bell.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday is set to visit the prison in El Salvador that took in migrants at the center of the deportation battle playing out in U.S. courts.

Noem will visit the Terrorist Confinement Center with the Salvadorian minister of justice, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, and will later meet with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador.

Noem said President Donald Trump talked to her about "sending the message worldwide" that people shouldn't illegally be entering the United States.

Read more about Noem's trip here.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

President Donald Trump is participating in a Women's History Month Event at the White House at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

At 1 p.m. ET, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a briefing, where she's expected to be peppered with questions on the Signal group chat involving top officials discussing a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen -- a message chain that came to light after a journalist was inadvertently added.