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Vance touts ‘record-breaking’ oil flow in Strait of Hormuz as Iran announces closure
Key takeaways
- In an interview with Fox & Friends Weekend early Saturday, Vance responded to reports saying Iran s naval forces were blocking ship traffic in the strait, saying the passage was still open.
- He pointed to what he described as a record-breaking amount of oil moving through the critical trading corridor over the last 24 hours, suggesting that the strait was not closed.
- One of the things the president has set us out to do as a high priority is to open the Strait.
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In an interview with Fox & Friends Weekend early Saturday, Vance responded to reports saying Iran s naval forces were blocking ship traffic in the strait, saying the passage was still open.
He pointed to what he described as a record-breaking amount of oil moving through the critical trading corridor over the last 24 hours, suggesting that the strait was not closed.
One of the things the president has set us out to do as a high priority is to open the Strait. That s now happened, Vance said in the interview.
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