Tom Cotton slams top Biden Pentagon nominee for 'vicious' tweets, 'weak' Israel, Iran policies

Sen. Tom Cotton R-Ark. said Friday that President Joe Biden’s nominee for the No. 3 civilian position at the Pentagon doesn’t have the "temperament" for the job, citing "vicious" verbal attacks against people criticizing his position on the Iran nuclear deal and past tweets about Republicans.

"Most of [Kahl’s] social media posts were happening in the middle of the night when he was presumably sitting at home reading the news," Cotton said. "If that’s his reaction under such conditions what is he going to be like in the Pentagon when Iran hijacks another American boat or China shoots down an American aircraft?"