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Elissa Slotkin: “Iran maintains the ability to project military power into…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin reacts to latest Iran news, Xi's warning to Trump on Taiwan

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

And your assessment of your conversation with the head of Central Command today about Iran's remaining military capabilities? Yeah, well, I think actually you can answer both issues in kind of the same way. Iran maintains the ability to project military power into the Strait of Hormuz and around the region. we've diminished their capabilities. No one questions that. Right. They're, they're nuclear, their ballistic missile capabilities, but they're still able to fire, fire on military vessels, commercial vessels, and to hit oil infrastructure around the Persian Gulf. (00:29–00:37)

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Asserts that Iran can still project military power in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding areas.

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