Tom Bowman

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88 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 23 Aug

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Up First from NPR · Retail Sales Drop, U.S. Warships in Distress, Accurately Polling the Electorate · 15 Aug 2026 podcast

But Defense Secretary Pete Heggs voice-verified

These concerns are misrepresented. voice-verified

But Navy Secretary Hong Kao had a pretty stormy meeting with families of the Lincoln sailors. voice-verified

There were like two hundred people in this room in San Diego. voice-verified

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They're getting an earful really from family members now and as well as sailors. voice-verified

Well, in some ways you know, the Iran war is even worse because in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, or even Vietnam, you could walk out of those countries, just leave, and there'd be no economic implications. voice-verified

That's not the case here with Iran. voice-verified

the Strait of Hormuz, Iran still has a great deal of control over that. voice-verified

Uh before the war there was a hundred and thirty, hundred and forty ships going through the strait. voice-verified

Now Ader it's down to fewer than a dozen. voice-verified

They have to deal with that problem. voice-verified

And you know, analysts I talk with said, you know, at some point you're gonna have to give a carrot of some kind to Iran for them to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. voice-verified

Now that could be allowing them to let's say voice-verified

Charge service fees of some kinds for ships going through. voice-verified

It could be, you know, unfreezing some of their billions of dollars and giving it to Iran. voice-verified

But that has to be dealt with. voice-verified

And one last thing I would like to mention. voice-verified

I've talked to admirals and generals over the past number of weeks, and they say, Tom, we've been studying the Strait of Hormuz for 40 years. voice-verified

If there's a war with Iran, that's the first thing they're going to do, close the strait. voice-verified

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