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Pete Hegseth: “The blockade is very much still in place and the Strait of…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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FULL GAGGLE: Pete Hegseth Takes Questions From Reporters During Visit To Singapore

Published | Video Starts at 06:23

If there's an impact on this region because of that, even Vietnamese leader said that it was a flashpoint that could throw the rest of the world into turmoil. Did you discuss that with them and does that blockade? The blockade is very much still in place and the Strait of Hormuz came up relatively often. and usually once we talked through it, countries were reassured that the American perspective accounted for that which it did from the beginning. (06:23–06:29)

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Asserts that the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is still in place and frequently discussed.

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