the public has scud us to deal with, create jobs. where are they? where are their proposals to create jobs and put our economy back on track again? they re not there. with this, as you pointed out, one individual to make cuts anywhere? i don t think the americans were looking for that kind of effort. they leer look for democrats, republicans to come together and compromise on what that i can sense for the long-term economic growth of this country, to create jobs, and yes, to cut deficits. congresswoman, i don t see how the massive spending cuts will do it. make they could make an argument for a long-run solution, but short run they have to admit that doesn t create a single job, but you know, you mentioned specifics.
is he scheduled to be the first living soldier to earn the medal of honor since the vietnam war. a huge military convoy heading north from texas to oklahoma. u.s. officials relocating tons of heavy armored equipment from wars past and present. some of the cargo dates back to world war i. it s all part of a museum that officials say is key to educating our troops and helping boost their morale. alicia acuna has the story live tonight from fort bliss in texas. hello alicia. hi, shep. this is a major undertaking by the u.s. army moving an entire museum 800 miles from fort bliss, texas to fort sill, oklahoma. we have been here all day watching this. this is part of a scud behind me here it involves some major logistics that you really have to see to believe. [beeping] at 60 tons this antiaircraft tank needs two cranes to make it on to a flatbed truck.
the first gulf war. it s what the u.s. used against the saddam threat from scud muscles. missiles. now it will give kuwait a degree of comfort dealing with the iranian threat. obviously a well proven system that the u.s. has used and now using to help allies in the region against that iranian threat, shep. shepard: mike emanuel live at the pentagon tonight. mike, thank you. an interesting video out of iran today. a former commander of the country s revolutionary guard says workers have dug a large number of graves in a desert there. he claims they re for american soldiers should the united states attack iran. that site in the same region where iran buried iraq soldiers killed in the war between those two countries killed in the 1980s, the grave killing comes after the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the u.s. said last week that the u.s. military has a contingency plan to attack iran. over the past few weeks hundreds of boxes containing mines have been washing ashore in sou
system. iran has repeatedly rejected the u.n. s fuel exchange plan. iran was a major topic today when israel s defense chief met his american counterpart. white house correspondent mike emanuel has that story from the pentagon. reporter: with great fanfare, israeli defense minister was welcomed at the pentagon. the defense chief spoke with reporters about several issues including plans to deal with the possibility of a nuclear iran. i m very satisfied with the planning process. both within this building and in the interagency. we spend a lot of time on iran. and we ll continue to do so. reporter: called for a new round of sanctions against iran but made it clear israel is running out of patience. the sanctions to be effective and to be limited in time. amid recent reports they have been sending scud missiles to hezbollah and
a nuclear fuel exchange system. iran has repeatedly rejected the u.n. s fuel exchange plan. iran was a major topic today when israel s defense chief met his american counterpart. white house correspondent mike emanuel has that story from the pentagon. reporter: with great fanfare, israeli defense minister was welcomed at the pentagon. the defense chief spoke with reporters about several issues including plans to deal with the possibility of a nuclear iran. i m very satisfied with the planning process. both within this building and in the interagency. we spend a lot of time on iran. and we ll continue to do so. reporter: called for a new round of sanctions against iran but made it clear israel is running out of patience. the sanctions to be effective and to be limited in time. amid recent reports they have been sending scud missiles to hezbollah and