00:00So I'll take it and chime in, Mr. Chairman, if you'd like at all. I want to emphasize what the
00:04chairman said about that. The only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is Iran shooting
00:08at shipping. It is open for transit should Iran not do that. Now there's a reason why we chose
00:14as one of our primary objectives, destroy the Navy. We understood the ability to interdict
00:20shipping is something Iran has done for 40 years. It's key terrain. They've used it as leverage. The
00:26world is seeing what they'll do to fight back in that context. And so we've heard them
00:31talk about taking various measures and we're planning for all of them. So we have a plan
00:36for every option here. We're working with our interagency partners and that's not a straight
00:41we're going to allow to remain contested or with a lack of flow of commercial goods. So
00:46we're aware of that. We're laser focused on our military objectives, but also want to make
00:51sure our partners across this government understand we're working with you to make
00:55sure that energy flows and that's an important part.
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