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Marco Rubio: “The United States gets very little energy through the…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 12:56

And that's what they're doing now to ships that they from countries they don't like that are flagged by countries they don't like. These are terroristic acts that they're undertaking. And so The United States gets very little energy through the Straits of Hormuz. Our allies ship out a lot of oil through there, meaning our Gulf allies, and certainly countries in Asia and Europe depend on it. We depend very little on the straits. (12:56–13:00)

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Asserts that the U.S. receives minimal energy supplies through the Straits of Hormuz.

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