here is derek mcginty. >> reporter: 25-year-old marine sergeant kenny lyon will move into this singlehome in fredericksburg next week. >> it means so much the entire community steps up and come together to build this home. this is what america is and this is why we are great. >> reporter: kenny got the house after applying to homes for our troops. a nonprofit that builds houses for severely wounded vets. inside the 2600 square foot home the doors are a bit wider and the sinks and cabinets have been lowered. >> it will make it really easy for me to get around if i'm in my wheelchair that day. >> reporter: kenny survived a mortar attack in iraq back in 2006 on his second tour of duty. that attack cost him his left leg. he has also got nerve damage in his left arm and a shattered jaw. >> it becomes a barrier to them and we want to take that away. >> reporter: right now kenny is rooming with his best friend and another iraq vet, a sergeant who already lives in a house built by homes for our troops. >> when we were up at our apartment, the apartment wasn't designed to be -- wasn't handicap

derek mcginty is live in the newsroom with this little piece of taxpayer outrage. what's going on, derek? >> anita, we know the pentagon has already got a reputation for spending your money a little wrecklessly. $900 toilet seat and things like that. well, there is not going to help. it is a brand-new $700 million building built for the defense department down in alexandria. there it is. and now that it is almost down somebody down there is thinking about spending 600 grand on this. it is a stat uof a ferry riding a toad. cheryl foster describing her art as this. the interior of the toad is illuminated and the sounds of nature emanate from his throat. you cannot make this up. now, whether or not this actually your sort of thing. theferly will be riding to work outside the shuttle bus stop which is a tad out of the way they tell me. well democratic congressman already weighing in. he says, quote, in is a very questionable way to spend $600,000. it would seem money could be much more appropriately used to improve transportation infrastructure around the site rather th