Departments u. S. Special representative for iran, brian hook at this Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing. This hearing will come to order. Welcome, everyone. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on the Trump Administrations iran policy. I thank the witness for appearing today. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. I will then turn it over to the Ranking Member mr. Wilson. All members will have five days to submit questions and extraneous materials for the record. Mr. Hook, thank you very much for testifying today. This committee has many questions related to u. S. Policy toward iran. We welcome the opportunity to hear directly from the administration. In recent weeks, relations between the United States and iran have grown increasingly tense. This committee is fully aware of the many challenges posed by tehran. Iran plays a destabilizing role in the region by propping up Bashar Al Assad in syria and supporting terrorist groups. Iran als
A weekly two hour dose of nature does wonders for our health and wellbeing. I am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The shipping lanes between the arabian peninsular and iran are some of the busiest in the world today they are also some of the most tense. Every day 180 vessels pass through the gulf of oman, most of them carrying oil. Two of those tankers are on fire today, seriously damaged in an attack. Us officials reportedly believe iran is behind the attack and say the crew abandoned one of the vessels after discovering a naval mine on the hull of their ship. These are the pictures from the aftermath of the explosions. The 23 sailors aboard the norwegian owned front altair were taken to iran 21 others on the japanese owned kokuka courageous were rescued by the us navy. A fifth of the worlds oil is transported through these straights and the price of brent crude jumped sharply today. Just a month ago iran was accused of using naval mines to blow holes in two oil
The us has blamed iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. One is reported to have been hit by a torpedo. Crew from both have had to be rescued. This video is from the iranian navy and we think it shows the norwegian ship the front altair. It was carrying 75 thousand tonnes of a type of crude oil. And the crew reported three explosions. The tankers were sailing through the strait of hormuz. This graphic shows the path they took they were moving out of the gulf of oman when the explosions happened. Both were around 30 km from the coast of iran. The owners of both ships have called it an attack. Its the second serious incident involving a tanker close to the strait of hormuz in a month. No one has claimed responsibility but iran was first to respond. Its foreign minister tweeted. To explain one of the ships, this one is japanese owned. The other though is norway owned. Well, if iran has its suspicions, so does the us. Heres mike pompeo. It is the assessment of t
Farm in colorado. This is about 45 minutes. Good morning, everyone. His its wonderful to be back in aspen, especially after such a Great Program all week, much to do with secretary blinken. I think this is your first time here since becoming secretary, so that is a wonderful treat for all of us. It is not as though a lot has not been happening and you have been traveling all over the world, around the world several times just in the last two weeks and you are about to part to depart again. We are glad we caught you in between. Me ask you a couple of things about things that have been breaking most recently this week. We have all heard about private 2nd class travis king in north korea. I want to know if there is anything new about where he is being held. Have there been any new communications between us or our allies who have Better Communications with pyongyang about his conditions and how they are treating him . Secretary blinken first, it is wonderful to see you, as always. It is pa
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