Bandar Abbas needs to go away. That's a city right on the coast and we the United States of America. You're a naval officer. What's one of the primary functions of The United States Navy... to ensure freedom of the seas. So if Iran is preventing freedom of the seas, the freedom of movement of commercial and military vessels throughout the Straits of Hormuz, then those capabilities need to go away, just like they should have gone away for the Houthis outraid. (08:47–08:51)
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Asserts that a primary function of the U.S. Navy is to ensure freedom of the seas.
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