English transcript

Now they are making threats about controlling the Hormuz Straits in perpetuity, creating a tolling

system and the like. That's not going to be allowed to happen. And the president has a number of

options available to him if he so chooses to prevent that from happening. Obviously I'm not

going to discuss what those options are and we're not going to discuss military tactics.

The Department of War would be in charge of those things. I'd refer you to them,

but obviously they're not going to discuss it with you either. But there is a way forward here

to achieve our objectives. We are going to achieve our objectives in a matter of weeks, not months.