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Chris Wright: “67 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday.”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Secretary Wright Joins Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream - June 21, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

I'm thrilled at the progress we've made in that. But Iran is still behaving like Iran. But as I said, in spite of that, we got 67 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. Were some of them concerned? Sure. Is this thing over and completely done yet? No. But what we're demonstrating to the Iranians is we can have flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz with or without them, we can destroy their nuclear program. (02:06–02:13)

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Asserts that 67 ships transited the Strait of Hormuz in one day.

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