Peter Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s intended nominee for Secretary of Defense, was questioned Tuesday by a Senate committee about his fitness for the role, including his knowledge of the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), whose state houses the silos for the ground-based strategic deterrent, asked whether Hegseth, a former television presenter on Fox & Friends and Army National Guard officer, supported the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM) program. Hegseth said, “as of right now, Senator, based on what…
