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Derrick Van Orden: “Iran is responsible for arming the Houthis, which closed…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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'It's about time': Rep. Van Orden on US strikes on Iran | Morning in America

Published | Video Starts at 00:43

They bombed Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. They are the largest state sponsor of terrorism that the world has ever seen before. They're Iran is responsible for arming the Houthis, which closed down international shipping, costing the world tens of billions of dollars. And it's just time for them to go. So I'm incredibly proud of our military and, and I wanted the families of them to know that they're going to have … (00:43–00:50)

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Claims Iran's actions have disrupted international shipping and caused economic losses.

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