pineta said it's not a challenge to china. the move comes as conservative leaders criticize the response to the blood shed in syria. >> i can't think of a time in many years i have served the country and in many ways that i have been more embarrassed about my country and to carry out our fundamental principles. >> and he said he met with pineta to discuss syria and was told the pentagon has plans ready if president obama asks for military action there. >>> mixed reaction in egypt following the light sentence handed down to ousted president mubarak. the historic decision is shedding a light on a country divided between people who both love and hated the brutal dictator who reigned over egypt for 30 years. leland bitter has the story. >> reporter: more than a year across egypt, mubarak is sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop $900 protestors last february. the ousted leader wore sunglasses and showed no emotion as the leading judge said in part the people released a collective sigh of relief after a nightmare that didn

secretary pineta said countries want to work together 50 years after the u.s. was in vietnam. >> if we can improve relationships, in many base, the sacrifice of many who died on both sides and i think we can -- we can make their sacrifice worthwhile. >> and in a symbolic exchange, the secretary gave the vietna myself officials the diary of a vietna myself soldier found and kept by the veteran. the official gave secretary pineta letters written by an american soldier and used as propaganda by the vietnamese. >>> we're following a developing story out of england tonight. queen elizabeth's husband has been taken to the hospital in the middle of her diamond jubilee celebrations. prince phillip, the duke of edinburgh, will turn 91 on saturday. the palace said he was taken to the hospital as a precaution for bladder infection and the royal family spent hours in the cold and rain sunday during a river pageant. the jubilee is celebrating the 60 years on the throne. >> the queen went ahead with the plans of the jubilee concert at buckingham palace and included sir paul

>> that was exactly one of the subjects secretary pineta discussed with the afghan minister of defense and minister of interior in their security consultive forum in april, and they agreed to have a regular six-month review of where the afghan security forces stand and what our future plans are and the security situation in afghanistan to see what pace that would allow for the drawdown of afghan security forces to a long-term, sustainable level. and the goal of something in the neighborhood of 230,000 by 2017 is one we broadly agreed to, but the actual pace and the character, the way we get there, is something we'll be doing in these six-month reviews. in terms of the -- what happens to those that might be demobilized, there's a certainly level of natural attrition. afghan security forces, army and police, sign on to three-, four-, and five-year contracts and a lot of them leave, 30% to 40% of them leave after their contracts, that's normal in forces. there's a certain level of normal reduction in forces. there's a possibility of such things as a reserve force. and we have had experien

i'd also add in terms of the issue of the composition of the afghan security forces, secretary pineta in his formal meetings with the afghan interior defense ministers in april formed a group called the security consultive forum where we meet and discuss the strategic level issues relating to the afghan stuart forces. they agreed to a six-month review process to evaluate what additional inputs might be needed, what changes might be needed so, again, we have these review processes in place that we take very seriously and look forward to being able to come back and brief you and your colleagues as the review processes are completed. >> thank you. major general townsend, we know right now the majority of efforts there are along the lines of village stabilization operations and that most of that's being executed by our special operators. as we begin to draw down forces to the 68,000 by the end of 2013, the question is, is that transition going to take place in a way to make sure that support elements are in place to make sure our special operators continue to have what they need as they g

. >> reporter: the investigation comes as secretary of defense leon pineta announced wider plans to deal with this issue. >> we will continue to develop our strategies. we'll continue to devote our energy and our intention. to enforcing our department's zero tolerance policy on sexual assault. >> lawmakers on capitol hill, like california representative jackie speier want to further investigate the matter with a hearing of their own. >> congress has known about this problem in the military fo we've had lots of hearings, lots lots. but are we willing to step up and do the right thing? >> analysts say this could be the worst sexual misconduct scandal to hit the military since a similar case involved the army. and it was at aberdeen proving ground in harford county back in 1976. >>> that georgia young woman, battling a flesh-eating bacteria says she still feels d 24-year-old amy copeland's dad says she wants to use her disability as a platform to inspire others. copeland contracted the bacteria, after cutting her leg during a fall off a homemade zip line on the 31st. to save her life, docto

pineta said gays can now be proud in inform. -- in uniform. >>> there is lots to do as the star-spangled sailabration continues. it is a week-long celebration of the war of 1812. wjz continues. but jessica kartalija has more on the ships for us. jessica? >> reporter: oh, mary, it's been so great out here. as we have been telling you all week, we have been touring the ships. they're absolutely beautiful. today, we got a history lesson. we spoke with several people telling us what they've learned since they have been down here. but perhaps one of the most exciting things people have been talking about, of course, are the blue angels. and our own rochelle ritchie got a great opportunity to go up in the sky and see them clos up. -- close up. rochelle, how was it? >> we will get rochelle ritchie's report in just a second. but let's tell you about monday. monday morning, at 11:00 a.m. we will have a live, star- spangled sailabration special. it's hosted by cbs's bob schieffer, along with wjz's jessica kartalija and me. >>> a piece of space exploration history is on display, along with a spaces