Egypt’s Military and the Arab Spring
Egyptian Tank in Cairo in January (Photo: Joseph Hill/Flickr)
Egypt’s military leadership has called for parliamentary elections on November 28th. But they’re hoping to hang on to power themselves says Robert Springborg, a professor of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. Springborg tells host Marco Werman that Washington isn’t pressuring Egypt’s military brass to cede power.
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