2 U.S. Navy SEALs Presumed Dead After They Went Missing in Anti-Houthi Operation

TIME

Two Navy SEALs are presumed dead, the U.S. announced Sunday night, after they were reported missing at sea 10 days ago during a mission to raid a ship with Iranian weapons off the coast of Somalia.

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00:00 The Houthis need to ask themselves how much of their capability do they want degraded and

00:06 disrupted in light of these illegal, reckless, and dangerous attacks. The United States,

00:13 this is not about the United States, this is about the ability of the nations of the world

00:20 to sail an international waterway through the Red Sea, through which 10 to 15 percent of economic

00:26 trade transits, and do so safely and securely. That's what we're focused on and we'll continue

00:33 to work closely with the international community to deter these attacks. The search and rescue,

00:38 CENTCOM continues to lead that effort. It is ongoing, certainly. We hope that we are able

00:46 to recover our teammates. Our thoughts and prayers are clearly with their families at this time. I'm

00:51 not tracking any announcements to make right now in terms of additional U.S. forces in the region.

00:56 As you've heard us say, we do maintain the ability to be flexible in terms of whether or not we need

01:02 to place additional forces in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility or anywhere worldwide.

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