Tamara Keith

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Global oil prices are up.

The price of regular gasoline in the U.S.

is averaging well over $4 a gallon.

And the critical strait of Hormuz has been functionally closed for weeks.

Now President Trump says that for humanitarian reasons,

To get ships and crews safely out of the area, the U.S.

will guide them through the strait.

He's calling it Project Freedom.

Quote, if in any way this humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will unfortunately have to be dealt with forcefully.

Tamara Keith, NPR News.

Global oil prices are up.

The price of regular gasoline in the U.S.

is averaging well over $4 a gallon.

And the critical strait of Hormuz has been functionally closed for weeks.

Now, President Trump says that for humanitarian reasons, to get ships and crews safely out of the area, the U.S.

will guide them through the strait.

He's calling it Project Freedom.

Quote, if in any way this humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will unfortunately have to be dealt with forcefully.