Reply #38: Obama: US backs orderly transition in Egypt

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Orderly enough now?

Obama: US backs orderly transition in Egypt
AP
Thu, 10/02/2011 - 21:13



Washington--Amid reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was about to step down, President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States stands ready "to support an orderly and genuine transition to democracy" in the Middle Eastern nation.

"What is absolutely clear is we are witnessing history unfold," Obama told students at Northern Michigan University. "It's a moment of transformation," he said.

Earlier, CIA Director Leon Panetta told a congressional panel that US intelligence indicated a "strong likelihood" that Mubarak was on his way out and might announce it as early as Thursday night. Egyptian TV said the embattled president would speak to the nation from his palace in Cairo.

"We are following today's events in Egypt very closely," Obama said, adding that he would "have more to say as this plays out."

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