Brett McGurk: Sec. Of Navy’s Role Is Not That Important, But the Iranians Are Looking for Any Sign of Disarray

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MCGURK: “Secretary of the Navy is really not involved in that, not in the chain of command or anything like that. Secretary of the Navy is involved in equipping the force, training the force, but to the Iranians, they will look for any signal of disarray. And to them, oh, the secretary of the Navy, while we have this naval blockade, just resigned or was fired, that's going to -- that's, I think in the Iranian mind, is going to convince them that time is on their side, right?”