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The Pentagon increased spy flights over Iraq using high flying global hawk drones as it developed plans for air strikes designed to blunt the insurgent march south

The Pentagon increased spy flights over Iraq using high flying global hawk drones as it developed plans for air strikes designed to blunt the insurgent march south. But despite the firepower, officials say there are not too many lucrative targets when bombing an insurgent force fewer than 10,000 people. David Martin reports.

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In the days following the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Army curator Jim Speraw collected items recovered from the gaping hole where American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon

In the days following the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Army curator Jim Speraw collected items recovered from the gaping hole where American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon. One of the artifacts, a partially melted telephone from one of the Pentagon offices, is on loan to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York. CBS News' Craig Boswell reports.

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The Pentagon is looking to slash subsidies for base commissaries that make groceries cheaper for many military families. The cuts would hit military families relying on those subsidies the hardest.

The Pentagon is looking to slash subsidies for base commissaries that make groceries cheaper for many military families. The Defense Department is looking to reduce the subsidy by two-thirds, which would raise grocery prices, hitting military families relying on those subsidies the hardest. Mark Albert reports.

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