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Marco Rubio: “We get very little of our energy in this country coming…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:39

That will never be allowed to happen, by the way. The rest of the world should take note of that. They have more at stake there than we do. We get very little of our energy in this country coming through the Straits of Hormuz. The rest of the world gets a lot more. That said, the president has several options at his disposal. And the Department of War is preparing optionality for the president for this and various other contingencies that might arise. (01:39–01:43)

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Asserts that the U.S. receives very little energy through the Straits of Hormuz.

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