The Iranians try to close off the strait to try to choke off the world energy economy. The American media has totally under reported the fact that Over the past three weeks we've gotten more oil out of the Strait of Hormuz under the supervision of United States Central Command than we had the first three months of this operation. What does that mean? That means the Iranians leverage was reducing by the day. That means that our position was growing stronger by the day. (07:58–08:12)
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Asserts increased oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. supervision.
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