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Mark Warner: “Iran with more power over the Strait of Hormuz than we did…”

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 01:55

It means that fertilizer costs are up, as well as other commodities like aluminum and helium. And what we've seen is we actually see Iran with more power over the Strait of Hormuz than we did 47 days ago. And to make matters worse, in many ways, this war has actually strengthened our adversary. Obviously, we bombed Iran over a thousand times, but they still have missile capability, as we saw with shoot down of a couple of our planes. (01:55–02:02)

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Asserts that Iran's power over the Strait of Hormuz has increased in 47 days.

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