Are you guys back there in the West Wing making plans for a new war with Oman again, I think the president wanted to punctuate freedom of navigation in the strait. I had a call with the Omani ambassador this morning and he assured me that there were no plans for tolling the strait. As he said, our countries have had 200 years of good relations. He wants to have another 200 more. (07:22–07:30)
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Asserts that the Omani ambassador assured there are no plans for tolling the Strait of Hormuz.
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