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Elissa Slotkin: “The Strait of Hormuz remains non-passable. It's not moving…”

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 00:50

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. And because of that, I mean, The Strait of Hormuz remains non-passable. It's not moving. Nothing's moving. And so I think it just highlights again and again that you don't have to have a military go toe to toe with the United States. (00:50–00:57)

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