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Search results for "Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz"

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Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:
U.S. destroyer recently fired at an armed Iranian ship.
By Jeff Cercone• May 26, 2023
Threads posts stated on April 14, 2024 in a post:
“Not even one rocket (from Iran) hit Israel.”
By Sara Swann• April 15, 2024
Chris Wright stated on March 12, 2026 in an interview with Fox News:
The U.S. produces “more oil than we can consume. We’re a net oil exporter.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 13, 2026
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Iranian drone sent to Israel stuck in a power line in Iraq.
By Jeff Cercone• April 22, 2024
Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW:
"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026
Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2022 in a post:
Former President Donald Trump “is fluent in Japanese.”
By Sara Swann• January 19, 2022
Facebook posts stated on June 21, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The Titan submersible was found June 21 with all five passengers alive.
By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023
Bernie Sanders stated on February 23, 2016 in a speech.:
"We work longer hours than any people in the industrialized world, including the Japanese."
By Sean Gorman• February 29, 2016
Beto O'Rourke stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum:
"We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"
By Mica Soellner• July 26, 2019
JD Vance stated on August 24, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2025
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2024 in Facebook posts:
The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2024
Instagram posts stated on June 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The Titan “submarine never happened. They faked their own deaths.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 22, 2023
Viral image stated on June 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 7, 2019
Cliff Stearns stated on March 30, 2010 in a statement on his campaign Web site.:
"Cuba wants to let the Chinese drill in some of the very parts of the gulf that American producers are currently forbidden to touch, as close as 45 miles off the Florida coast."
By Aaron Sharockman• March 31, 2010
Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview:
Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."
By Robert Farley• June 25, 2009
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a press conference in Mexico:
Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."
By Miriam Valverde• September 14, 2016
Bobby Scott stated on December 09, 2014 in a news release.:
"After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding."
By Sean Gorman• January 12, 2015
Facebook posts stated on August 09, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the Japanese military did not invade the mainland United States after Pearl Harbor because "they know that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them."  
By Tom Kertscher• January 14, 2020
Viral image stated on October 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports.
By Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2021
Barack Obama stated on May 07, 2007 in Detroit, Mich.:
"Both China and Japan have surpassed us, with Japanese cars now getting an average of 45 miles to the gallon."
By Bill Adair• June 21, 2007

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By Amy Sherman• March 26, 2026

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By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2026

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By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 30, 2026

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By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2026

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