Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) took Pete Hegseth through a lightning round of questions about sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse on Tuesday. The post Mazie Hirono Takes Pete Hegseth Through Lightning Round of Sex and Booze Questions: ‘Will You Resign’ If You ‘Drink on the Job?

Senator Mazie Hirono questioned Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee, about allegations of sexual misconduct, workplace behavior, and commitment to the Constitution. She pressed him on reports of drunkenness at work and demanded he pledge to resign if he drinks on duty—a commitment Hegseth refused to make under oath.

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, struggled to answer a series of questions from Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono.

Hirono asked Hegseth about allegations of excessive drinking on the job. She also questioned him on taking over Greenland, as President-elect Donald Trump has suggested, and whether he would follow unlawful orders from Trump, including shooting protestors.

Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono was criticized on social media for her questioning of President-elect Trump's secretary of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth.

Donald Trump's Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth dodged a question about using military force to take over Greenland during his confirmation hearing.

Pete Hegseth has been pelted with questions since his confirmation hearing for secretary of defense started Tuesday morning. During the

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that the U.S. should buy Greenland as well as take over the Panama Canal.

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, acknowledged Tuesday he is “not a perfect person” but was defiant in the face of multiple allegations surrounding his past conduct during a contentious confirmation hearing.

U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz joined Sens. Patty Murray, Tammy Duckworth and more than a dozen other Democrats in introducing a resolution honoring the service of women in combat roles in the U.