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Pete Hegseth: “The United States of America controlled controls the Strait…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth talks 'hitting Iran hard' at CENTCOM

Published | Video Starts at 06:42

And we were able to move commercial shipping in and out of the Strait of Hormuz. Who controls the Strait of Hormuz? And President Trump said it, and he's right. The United States of America controlled controls the Strait of Hormuz. We're able to bring oil in and out and other things with partners, and have done so now for weeks and weeks in ways the Iranians don't want to acknowledge. (06:42–06:46)

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Asserts that the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz.

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