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All right, and the United States is escalating its maritime campaign against Iran.
Here's Secretary of War Pete Hegseth giving an update earlier this morning.
We seized two Iranian dark fleet ships in the Indo-Pacific region that had left Iranian ports before the blockade went into effect.
They thought they'd made it out just in time.
They did not.
We seized their sanctioned ships and we will seize more.
Our blockade is growing and going global.
America's military is unmatched.
Projecting power, denying passage to adversaries, and protecting our interest at the time and place of our choosing.
No one sails from the Strait of Hormuz to anywhere in the world without the permission of the United States Navy.
To the regime in Tehran, the blockade is tightening by the hour.
We are in control.
Nothing in, nothing out.
The war secretary vowing that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, saying quote,
"The choice is theirs, but with this blockade, the clock is not on their side."
Hegseth says the laser-focused operation has achieved decisive results in just weeks.
He contrasted that with what he called the decades-long endless wars of the past.
The war secretary also discussing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, saying any Iranian boats attempting to deploy mines or disrupt shipping will be met with lethal force.
He also called out European nations and others for not doing more to help.
It's also worth saying, this should not be America's fight alone.
We barely use the Strait of Hormuz as a country.
Our energy doesn't flow through there.
And we have plenty of energy.
Just look at the new global Congo line headed to Texas.
A beautiful picture.
Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades, but the time for free riding is over.
America and the free world deserve allies who are capable, who are loyal, and who understand that being an ally is not a one-way street.
It's a two-way street.
We are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do.
And might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe and get in a boat.
This is much more their fight than ours.
On this core mission, America And Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan K. says US forces remain postured and prepared for renewed combat with Iran,
marking 55 days since President Trump ordered major operations.
He says 34 ships have been turned around by the US blockade.
Only one ship did not, and that was the container ship Tusca that the US seized.
And we will continue to conduct similar maritime interdiction actions and activities in the Pacific and Indian Oceans against Iranian ships and vessels of the dark fleet.
And I'll highlight that Iran has repeatedly sought to offensively and proactively expand the conflict by aggression against its neighbors and its attacks on global shipping through the Strait.
To date, Iran has attacked five merchant vessels, seized two of them that were attempting to transit the Strait.
And these include ships that Iran itself had cleared to proceed.
Secretary Hegseth also remarked on Pope Leo, saying quote, "Pope's going to do his thing, that's fine."
He said the US military knows what its mission is, adding that they'll follow the orders of the president.
Hegseth was asked about the idea of changing the Department of War's name to the Department of Peace.
He responded saying peace is the pursuit of the US military, and the goal is to be proactive about peace through strength.
He says, "You bring about peace when you fight a war the right way."
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