British Prime Minister Theresa May fires Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson after Huawei leak

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'The Prime Minister's decision has been informed by his conduct surrounding an investigation into the circumstances of the unauthorised disclosure of information from a meeting of the National Security Council,' Downing Street said in a statement.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has fired Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson following a leak from a National Security Council meeting regarding Chinese tech giant Huawei.Downing Street named Penny Mordaunt as his replacement. Mordaunt will become the first woman to serve as the UK's defense secretary.

In a letter to Williamson, May wrote: "This is an extremely serious matter, and a deeply disappointing one ... That is why I commissioned the Cabinet Secretary to establish an investigation into the unprecedented leak from the NSC meeting last week."

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