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Mark Kelly: “We're trying to figure out if the President knew what the…”

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

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Sen. Mark Kelly Asks About Iran and Strait of Hormuz

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

It's the same approach and the same professionals in terms of how they approached this particular. We're trying to figure out if the President knew what the downside was of the Strait of Hormuz being closed. And I'm having a hard time finding out whether the White House asked or whether there was a brief, whether the President knew. (02:18–02:26)

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Questions whether President Trump was aware of the consequences of the Strait of Hormuz being closed.

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