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decide to launch a military strike to prevent that weapon from being built, what sort of complications does that raise for you? we share the same common concern. the united states does not want iran to develop a nuclear weapon. that s a red line for us. and it s a red line, obviously, for the israelis. if we have to do it; we will do it. pelley: you just said if we have to do it, we ll do it. that s right. pelley: what is it ? if they proceed and we get intelligence they re proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon then we will take whatever steps are necessary to stop it. pelley: including military steps? there are no options that are off the table. pelley: a nuclear weapon for iran is unacceptable. panetta told us while the iranians need a year or less to assemble the weapon, he has no indication yet that they have made the decision to go ahead. the erratic, impoverished nuclear power north korea announced last night that its dictator kim jong-il died s
secretary of defense says tonight that the united states will not allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon. in an interview with cbs news, leon panetta says that despite efforts to disrupt their nuclear program the iranians are reached a point where they can assemble a bomb in a year or potentially less. secretary panetta spoke with us at an end of an overseas trip during which he reviewed strategy in afghanistan and officially ended the war in iraq. on the way home, he boarded the jet nicknamed the doomsday plane. this is the command post where he and the president would direct a nuclear war. in an interview for 60 minutes, we sat down in the compartment where he would execute the commander-in-chief s orders. panetta told us iran needs only one year to build a nuclear weapon. so are you saying that iran could have a nuclear weapon in 2012. it would be some time around a year that they would be able to do it. perhaps a little less. the one proviso, scott, is if they have
the last u.s. combat troops left iraq without incident today, leaving the country to continue its own course towards democracy. the american convoy left camp adder south of baghdad during the night bound for kuwait, and our jim axelrod traveled with them. reporter: for the first time in eight years, eight months and 28 days, the u.s. has no troops fighting in iraq tonight. the last convoy out of iraq rolled across the kuwaiti border at 7:37 local time this morning, capping a drawdown that saw the u.s. go from 50,000 troops in iraq as late as august to zero. i just wanted to say hello. reporter: the top u.s. general in iraq, lloyd austin, called the final drawdown, the military s largest, most complex logistical undertaking since world war ii. he stopped by with good wishes for the soldiers making up the final convoy as the military met its deadline of having all troops gone by december 31st. i m very hopeful that things will continue to move in the right direction. it