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Pete Hegseth: “We barely get any of our energy out of the strait, just a…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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LIVE: Pete Hegseth holds Pentagon briefing on the Iran war

Published | Video Starts at 24:21

Iran doesn't have the same ability to defend it the way they did before. And so, as the President has pointed out to the rest of the world, We barely get any of our energy out of the strait, just a tiny fraction. It's time for the rest of the world to step up and ensure that that stays open. After President Trump and the War Department brought Iran to the place where they are voluntarily opening it right now, as was announced last night. (24:21–24:25)

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Asserts that the U.S. receives only a small fraction of its energy from the Strait of Hormuz.

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