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Chris Wright: “The military objectives that we set out to achieve... took…”

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

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright says U.S. stopped Strait of Hormuz operation "at Iran's request"

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He said there's still work to be done. Ballistic missiles, nuclear program. President Trump told Congress that hostilities had been terminated. So is the US View that the war itself is over? Well, The military objectives that we set out to achieve... took about five weeks to achieve, those are achieved. those are achieved. The ending of the Iranian nuclear program is a different matter, and that's what still needs to be achieved and again, most likely achieved by negotiation, but doesn't necessarily have to be achieved by negotiation. (01:00–01:10)

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Asserts that the U.S. achieved its military objectives in Iran in about five weeks.

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