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The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Straits of Hormuz in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated November 12, 2011
Friday, Jan. 13, 2012

Open quoteIf you ask me what keeps me awake at night, it's the Strait of Hormuz and the business going on in the Arabian Gulf.Close quote

  • ADMIRAL JONATHAN W. GREENERT,
  • chief of U.S. naval operations, amid reports the Obama Administration is warning Iran — through secret back channels — that closing the Strait of Hormuz would provoke an American response
Photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate / Handout / Reuters | Source: NYT