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Mark Warner: “Iran has closed the strait [of Hormuz] and they still got…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senate Intelligence Leader Shares Updates on Iran War

Published | Video Starts at 06:50

Obviously, on the missiles. We've taken out some, but as we saw with the shoot down of a couple of our planes, not all of them in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has closed the strait [of Hormuz] and they still got plenty of these small speedboats that can drop more mines or attach bombs to tankers. So 47 days in, are Americans stronger? We have weakened Iran. But is it still in the fight? We've turned off many of our allies. (06:50–07:01)

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Asserts that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and retains the capability to mine or bomb tankers.

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