"Wouldn't call it a war right now": JD Vance on US-Iran conflict | FULL

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance held a press briefing in the White House Thursday – the first in six weeks after the departure of former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Vance took questions about the departure of former U.S. Army secretary Dan Driscoll, potential Republican presidential candidates in 2028, and the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran — one he assured reporters was not a war "right now." Asked about rising gas prices across the globe, Vance said, "The reason gas prices are so high right now, is because the Iranians are shooting at commercial shipping, even, by the way, when they signed an agreement that said, 'We're going to stop shooting at commercial shipping.'" Furthermore, the vice president said that U.S. military operations in the Strait of Hormuz against Iran had prevented a "catastrophic world energy crisis" and that America was the only nation capable of ensuring markets stay supplied with energy resources. Queried on when he believes the c

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