We also did it through our effort with the Houthis in Operation Rough Rider. From the beginning, some people thought, well, what? What are we doing there? Why the Houthis? Because The Biden administration allows our commercial shipping and other shipping, military ships to be shot at. I mean, all the way back to Thomas Jefferson. We've understood that free navigation to the seas is a core tenet of the United States of America. (07:49–07:57)
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