Brian Schatz: “South Korea says its energy crisis is a war like situation.”

“I'm going to move over. We're staying the Asia Pacific region. The marshals, the Philippines and Tuvalu have declared a national emergency on their energy situation. South Korea says its energy crisis is a war like situation. You've been around a long time on this committee and now as Secretary, it is always the case that something in the Middle east undermines our ability to project power in the Asia Pacific region.” (02:51–02:56)

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