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Gary Peters: “The central of leverage is the Strait of Hormuz.”

Featuring: Gary Peters, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Michigan

Watch: Sen. Gary Peters presses Hegseth on the need to reopen of Strait of Hormuz

Published April 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:54

We already know the public isn't there. We know the impact to our economy and central to that is the leverage. And I'm running out of time here, but The central of leverage is the Strait of Hormuz. That that is bottom line, we have to open that up. We have to take that away from Iran. (04:54–04:58)

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Asserts that the Strait of Hormuz is a central point of leverage in the conflict.

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“We already know the public isn't there.”
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“The fact that we haven't done that yet and we're 60 days in, we're just now bringing minesweepers from the Pacific in there.”
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“We're 60 days in, we're just now bringing minesweepers from the Pacific in there.”
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“We're just now bringing minesweepers from the Pacific in there.”
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“We're not going to bring this war to an end until we seize control of the Straits.”
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