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Retired Marine colonel on Trump threat to bomb Oman: "Pretty extraordinary"

Name: Retired Marine colonel on Trump threat to bomb Oman: "Pretty extraordinary"
Uploaded: 2026-08-17T13:36:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 43 s
Description: Mark Cancian, retired Marine colonel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to discuss President Trump's threat to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Mark Cancian, retired Marine colonel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to discuss President Trump's threat to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.