That was the plan. But Mr. Secretary, this war is stuck. The Strait of Hormuz is closed. The Iranian regime is in place, the nuclear material still in their hands. Americans are being crushed by higher costs and it's not clear to them at all what the goal of this war is. So I've got about a minute and I want to go to another topic. I saw your hearing yesterday and I'm going to give you one more chance to address a question here. (03:44–03:56)
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Asserts that Americans face higher costs and unclear war goals.
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