“The United States will continue to stand with the Egyptian people as they build a democracy worthy of Egypt’s great history,” the Obama administration said in a statement supporting the demonstrators in Tahrir Square. The protesters are demanding a speedier transition to civilian-led government. David Kirkpatrick, Cairo bureau chief for The New York Times, has just come back from Tahrir Square and reports on what he saw.
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