Chris Wright: “We will have free flow of traffic through the Straits of Hormuz, and we will have an end to the Iranian nuclear program.”

“This is a time for a coordinated release of diesel stores as we go into to harvest season and we go into winter heating oil season,”

The president has taken a strong stand that Iran, the world's greatest terrorist regime, cannot and will not have nuclear weapons.

He knew it was going to elevate energy prices in the short run, he said, 'I'm going to take a hit there, but I got to do the right thing.

He was well aware of the risk to energy flows that were coming out of the Persian Gulf region.