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With Dan Crenshaw.

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Welcome.

This is Sit Rep. 35.

Thanks for joining me as we discussed the most important stories from this week and arm you with the facts.

So let's start with Iran.

They broke the deal.

The Straits of Hormuz closed again.

So just two weeks after President Trump

and Iranian President Massoud Peschkin signed a memorandum of understanding designed to end the war,

that agreement is already under strain. So let's just start with a quick refresh. The Strait of

of Ormuz is the world's most important energy choke point, roughly one quarter of all seaborne oil and one-fifth of global liquefied natural gas.

Exports pass through this narrow waterway.

When traffic slows there, the effects eventually show up in the form of higher energy prices

around the world.

So the memorandum of understanding the MOU was signed on June 17th, created a 60-day negotiating

window for the United States and Iran to resolve the biggest issues that divide us.

Iran's nuclear program, the stockpile of enriched uranium, sanctions relief, Tehran's support

for proxy militant groups, ballistic missile programs.

Then last Sunday, Israeli strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon led the Iranians to close

the strait again.

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