Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “radiates unseriousness” amid controversy over a second Signal chat in which he shared sensitive military information with family members and a personal lawyer.

“So, you want that position to be … filled by somebody who's very serious, very competent, very focused on that mission, protecting the homeland, protecting the United States,” Woodward told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki in an interview Monday, while discussing the Defense secretary’s role.

“And having known and dealt with 16 of them, there is — you can have somebody like Gen. [James] Mattis, who was … probably the most serious person to ever work in Washington,” he continued. “And then, you........

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