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Congress to fix the flaws in this new bureaucracy, the president is declaring that he refuses to take no for an answer. this represents chicago-style politics at its worse. later today the president will join leon panetta as the pentagon unveils plans to shrink the army to 490,000 soldiers over the next decade. the new military strategy reflects big cuts at the defense department, at least $450 billion over ten years. according to the "new york times," the number of aircraft carriers will remain the seen in part to counter china's growing influence in the pacific. a german man is being held ...

Strait of hormuz. the navy is not taking the same level of cuts at the army or china's rise is still a concern, obviously, and the navy and air force need to be ready, so, it has avoided the slicing where you take a little bit out of everything and hope for the best. and even so, the army is taking the brunt, but 490,000 army is much bigger than i expected would come from the review and still, more, than at the end of the clinton or going of the bush years so i am not sure we got $470 billion and 10 years savings whether this is enough to mandate that level of cuts but what happens if sequestr...

Neighbors. and more of our threats are maritime, iran threatening the strait of hormuz. the navy is not taking the same level of cuts at the army or china's rise is still a concern, obviously, and the navy and air force need to be ready, so, it has avoided the slicing where you take a little bit out of everything and hope for the best. and even so, the army is taking the brunt, but 490,000 army is much bigger than i expected would come from the review and still, more, than at the end of the clinton or going of the bush years so i am not sure we got $470 billion and 10 years savings whether thi...

>> greta: sit frustrating? >> frustrating, of course. i'm chairman of the national retail federation. i talk about these very subjects. how important their decisions are on american business. >> greta: the best present for many americans would be a job. you just saw that macy's is hiring thousands of seasonal workers. many other retailers are, too. national retail federation they will hire about 490,000 part time seasonal workers, about the same as last year but some employers are expecting payroll to increase slightly more than projected. here is a look. j.c. penney's plans to hire 30s. kohl'...

united nations building in new york. let's go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? >> reporter: well, brooke, we're here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and the fiancee of shane bauer, she's here as well. they're eagerly awaiting the reunion. we do not s...