CBS Evening News - 1988-01-05
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[0:00] The CBS News.
[0:03] [music]
[0:04] This is the CBS Evening News. Dan Rather
[0:07] reporting. Good [music] evening.
[0:08] President Reagan reported he has decided
[0:10] to begin reversing the US military
[0:12] buildup in and around the Persian Gulf.
[0:14] This comes 6 months after Mr. Reagan
[0:16] ordered a show of force and get tougher
[0:19] stance toward the Ayatollah Hommenes
[0:21] Iran. CBS News Pentagon correspondent
[0:23] David Martin begins our coverage of the
[0:26] change in strategy and the risk that
[0:28] Iran may brag again that the US is
[0:30] backing down.
[0:33] >> Although Defense Secretary Frank
[0:35] Carluchi was busy assuring Persian Gulf
[0:37] leaders today of continued American
[0:39] support. Administration sources tell CBS
[0:41] News the Pentagon is planning to reduce
[0:43] the number of warships in and around the
[0:45] Gulf. First to come out will be the
[0:47] helicopter carrier Okinawa. Helicopters
[0:50] aboard the Okinawa have been sweeping
[0:52] the Persian Gulf for mines, but
[0:54] officials say there are enough mind
[0:55] sweeping ships that the helicopters are
[0:57] no longer needed. Both the captain of
[0:59] the Okinawa and the commander of the
[1:01] Marines on board the ship have
[1:03] complained they have nothing to do and
[1:05] offer an inviting target for an Iranian
[1:07] kamicazi attack. The next ship to come
[1:09] out will be the battleship Iowa, which
[1:11] has been patrolling the entrance to the
[1:13] Persian Gulf, ready to attack Iran's
[1:15] silkworm anti-hship missiles if they
[1:17] threaten the convoys of refflarged
[1:19] Kuwaiti oil tankers. With only three
[1:21] battleships in commission, the Navy is
[1:23] hardressed to keep one of them
[1:25] constantly on patrol outside the Gu