Top U.S. intelligence officials denied Tuesday that any classified information was shared in a commercial group chat that was used to discuss plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen and inadvertently included a journalist.

John Phelan, an investor who said he would make up for his lack of military experience with his business acumen, was confirmed Monday by the Senate to serve as Navy secretary. Phelan will become the first person in more than 15 years to lead the Navy without having served in any branch of the military.

The chat over the Signal encrypted messaging service was used to share plans for recent U.S. airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Unlike other service members, members of the Coast Guard can be forced to leave the service a couple years shy of qualifying for retirement at 20 years of service if their enlistment expires and they are denied reenlistment.

The Senate on Friday passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for defense and another $6 billion for veterans’ health care through Sept. 30.

Stephen Feinberg, who was confirmed in a 59-40 vote, said he intends to use his private sector experience to set up a “war room” to help the Pentagon pass an audit and that every cost will be combed over, line by line.

The resulting temporary funding extension, known as a continuing resolution, will force the military services to operate with substantially less money than they expected, causing disruptions in programs and modernization efforts, according to service leaders.

Cost overruns for 46 ships that the Navy has under construction grew from $3.4 billion to $10.4 billion in the past budget year while delays for certain naval vessels have stretched up to three years.

Two Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington and a former soldier in Oregon have been accused in separate indictments of sharing classified military information with China, according to the Justice Department.

Air Force Gen. Randall Reed told a subpanel of the Senate Armed Services Committee that his command is ready to resume such transports if Northern Command orders them as part of a mass deportation effort by the Department of Homeland Security.