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Mark Kelly: “The Strait of Hormuz is closed.”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 03:34

So we fired years worth of munitions and it is clear that these are being expended to try to achieve some objectives. 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. (03:34–03:38)

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