Introducing Nordone, McMaster said the two had spoken in “in the wee hours of Sunday morning” after Graham’s death, and he asked her to serve.

“I had wondered what you would say, and I was humbled by your quickness to see the duty that you had to serve,” McMaster said.

I feel like if my beloved sibling died unexpectedly I might be kinda sad for a while and not eager to take on a new high profile job. And I don’t think I’d ask a grieving family member to make such a decision less than 12 hours after the death.