Accusations of a drinking problem plaguing a top Donald Trump nominee continue to be a topic of conversation surrounding his appointment.
On Monday, former Marine fighter pilot Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath, spoke to host Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC after Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) revealed that he and other officials had been denied access to the FBI file and financial documents outlining Pete Hegseth's history overseeing nonprofit organizations.
McGrath confessed that she couldn't understand why Republicans would try to hide the report from members of the Armed Services Committee or anyone else in the Senate who wanted to read it.
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It is "the most consequential sequential position in the United States government. It is the largest agency in the United States government. As I mentioned, this is in the chain of command for nuclear weapons deployment," McGrath noted. "And the FBI report is going to talk about, you know, past personal conduct."
Leading the Pentagon is a job that will require "rapid minute-by-minute decisions on the deployment of nuclear weapons." She asked: "Do you want this man in the room? I mean, is he even going to be sober?"
Her comments follow allegations from Fox News colleagues who said Hegseth had a severe drinking problem. Hegseth told Senators he would quit drinking if he was confirmed for the position, which led to further questions about a problem.
McGrath cited a previous segment in which Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor for strategic communications and speechwriting under President Barack Obama, pointed out that his position isn't merely about the military that he seeks to rebuild under his ideology.
"It's also about who's going to be in the room, Nicolle, when there's a crisis, when there's a crisis that we can't see right now, is this the man we want in the room? I think not," said McGrath.
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