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Chief Secretary to the Treasury James Murray defends Rachel Reeves' criticism of the 'folly' of America’s actions in the Middle East.Mr Murray said 'what the Chancellor was expressing was her views, views shared by many of us and people across the country'.The Chancellor is set to meet her US counterpart at the IMF in Washington DC on Wednesday.

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00:05What the Chancellor was expressing is her views, views shared by many of us and people
00:09across the country, that it was not a decision that we wanted to take to get involved with
00:14the conflicts in Iran when there was no clear exit plan and no clear strategy for what was
00:19supposed to be achieved there. We have to deal with the consequences of that conflict
00:24and that's why it's so important that we work with countries around the world to de-escalate
00:28the situation to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened and to return stability to the world economy.
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