OAN Staff Addie Davis
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided updates on Project Freedom, which involves United States military forces assisting commercial vessels to safely transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday morning, Hegseth said that two U.S.-flagged commercial ships as well as American destroyers have already transited through the waterway, which he claimed has “embarrassed” the Iranians.
“They say they control the strait. They do not,” the secretary said.
He labeled the mission, which began on Monday, as a gift to the world, with a “red, white and blue dome” protecting the strait.