00:00I want to emphasize what the chairman said about that. The only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now
00:04is Iran shooting at shipping. It is open for transit should Iran not do that. Now there's a reason why
00:10we chose as one of our primary objectives destroy the Navy. We understood the ability to interdict shipping is something
00:17Iran has done for 40 years. It's key terrain. They've used it as leverage. The world is seeing what they'll
00:23do to fight back in that context.
00:26And so we've heard them talk about taking various measures and we're planning for all of them. So we have
00:32a plan for every option here. We're working with our interagency partners. And that's not a straight we're going to
00:38allow to remain contested or with a lack of flow of commercial goods. So we're aware of that. We're laser
00:45focused on our military objectives, but also want to make sure our partners across this government understand we're working with
00:51you to make sure that energy flows. And that's an important part.
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