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Wesley Hunt: “About half of the oil California imports is from that oil…”

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Published July 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:28

Our military depends on California agencies and state legislators have filed repeated lawsuits against the pipeline in an effort to shut it down. Even though California imports almost 70% of its oil. About half of the oil California imports is from that oil transits through the Strait of Hormuz. This should not be an acceptable acquisition method for our defense installations that need energy to carry out. Not there, but our mission. (01:28–01:34)

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Asserts that half of California's imported oil transits through the Strait of Hormuz.

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