White House distances itself from its own envoy to Egypt

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From New York Times:

Twelve days into an uprising in Egypt that threatens to upend American strategy in the Middle East, the Obama administration is struggling to determine if a democratic revolution can succeed while President Hosni Mubarak remains in office, even if his powers are neutered and he is sidelined from negotiations over the country’s future.

The latest challenge came Saturday afternoon when the man sent last weekend by President Obama to persuade the 82-year-old leader to step out of the way, Frank G. Wisner, told a group of diplomats and security experts that “President Mubarak’s continued leadership is critical — it’s his opportunity to write his own legacy.”

But just before his remarks, Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton gave a strategy overview that stood at odds with that assessment. At a minimum, she said, Mr. Mubarak must move out of the way so that his vice president, Omar Suleiman, can engage in talks with protest leaders over everything from constitutional changes to free and fair elections.

Wonder who's really in charge? Very interesting piece.

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PB

[Uzybone]

1. Funny...FAUXNews has that same headline

right wing tripe flows together.

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2. Link? And why is it "right wing tripe", again?

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PB

[JackRiddler]

7. Why would the happy news (if true) that Obama is dropping the horrendous Wisner be "rightwing tripe"

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3. Hotair.com is a rightwing site.

They spin. They link to Breitbart and Hannity and Townhall and other rightwing sites. Really crappy to see it on here as a legitimate site.

Unrec

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4. Changed link to the NYT, which the article was from anyway.

PB

[jaxx]

5. You'd better check that change

because the link leads right to hotair.

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6. Fixed now. I should have just skipped right to the NYT story in the first place!

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PB

[jaxx]

8. Yeah because only the winger sites used that headline.