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Gary Peters: “The Strait of Hormuz is still closed, reminding everybody it…”

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WATCH: 'You, sir, are the failure,' Sen. Peters tells Hegseth over lack of U.S. strategy in Iran war

Published July 21, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:00

The Strait of Hormuz is still closed, reminding everybody it was open before the war. Prices were lower for everybody until the war, and it still remains closed. And of course, tragically, people, service members, our war fighters, who we care deeply about, are still dying. (00:00–00:07)

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Asserts that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and was open before the war.

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