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Pete Hegseth: “We can snap that blockade back at any point and they can't…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sen. Warner, more | Face the Nation Full Broadcast - June 14, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 07:05

You know, if the blockade comes off, then you pull back and you allow shipping to flow, just like Iran needs to allow shipping to go through the straits. But We can snap that blockade back at any point and they can't do anything about it. And Iran knows that. And that's why we have the leverage in these talks. And we, we hope they'll go well, what they do. (07:05–07:11)

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Asserts that the U.S. can reimpose a blockade on Iran at will.

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