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James Lankford: “The Strait of Hormuz should be open for commerce.”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 02:16

It's already come out that they've already had conversations about Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. We can agree on that. The Strait of Hormuz should be open for commerce. That's two big issues where China and the United States agree and Iran disagrees with that. The other one is just Iran's proxies and their terror network on it. (02:16–02:20)

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