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Sources: Trump yet to approve Iran truce

The White House confirmed the general outlines of an agreement to extend the ceasefire with Iran, but hastened to add that President Trump hasn't signed off yet. The Iranians deny that an agreement has been reached. CBS News' Nancy Cordes, Charlie D'Agata and Aaron MacLean have the latest.
May 28 (10:17)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “TRUMP AND IRAN YET TO GIVE FINAL APPROVAL ON 60-DAY TRUCE, SOURCES SAY”

MAJOR GARRETT:
00:08:40

You're detecting that as well? Absolutely. Even though the president has not yet signed off, one of the reasons why he probably hasn't signed off is that, when we finally get a look at what the details of this document involves, I have a feeling that there's going to be a number of Republican politicians, Iran hawks are going to be very unhappy with what's in it. And the president has to contemplate how much pain he's willing to put up with on Capitol Hill, amongst other places, if he agrees to this. Charlie, real quick, a couple of three weeks ago, there was this conversation about intercepters and our ability to intercept, either help our allies in the region or do it ourselves. Any visibility on that? That has been an issue we have learned since that the United States had supported Israel in the defense of Israel, with a lot of its interceptors. We kind of knew that on the ground. I was there at the time when that war was unfolding. And I spoke to Israelis who shared with us that, yes, in addition to that Arrow 3, which is kind of comparable to what the United States military can provide in terms of the larger missiles coming in, yes. I put that question to a few officials, some on the record, some off the record, who said, this isn't an issue for here now yet in this particular conflict. And they've taken the opportunity for the ceasefire to reposition, rearm, put munitions where they need to be. Now further ahead, has that taken resources? Takes a long time to rebuild these things. And they fired a lot of them, not only in protection of US forces, but in protection of Israel too. So they are far from saying anything about being exhausted at this point, but it is going to become critical mass.

MAJOR GARRETT:
00:10:11

It's a numbers game down the road, for sure. Absolutely. Charlie D'Agata, Aaron MacLean, always great stuff. Thank you so very much.

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