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Obama tells Mubarak: Must take 'concrete steps'
Yahoo/AP ^ | 1/28/2011 | MATTHEW LEE and ERICA WERNER

Posted on 01/28/2011 8:49:49 PM PST by 1066AD

By MATTHEW LEE and ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Matthew Lee And Erica Werner, Associated Press 12 mins ago

.WASHINGTON – Stepping up pressure on a stalwart but flawed Middle East ally, President Barack Obama said he personally told Egypt's Hosni Mubarak Friday night to take "concrete steps" to expand rights inside the Arab nation and refrain from violence against protesters flooding the streets of Cairo and other cities. The White House suggested U.S. aid could be at stake.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; mubarakhusseinobama; mubarrak
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To: shankbear
The big eared rookie is in way over his pay grade.

Mubarak Hussein Obama

The big eared rookie is in way over his gay pride.

Sodom Hussein Obama

Word analogies are fun!

21 posted on 01/29/2011 1:52:58 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: 1066AD

Here are some nice ones.

22 posted on 01/29/2011 3:57:08 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Our Constitution: the new Inconvenient Truth)
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To: 1066AD

Exactly what it sounds like. The final nail for the Shah was when carter wouldn’t let him in the US for cancer treatments. Then, the government fell. Looks like we are on the same glide path. Thank you carter for all of our problems in that part of the world.


23 posted on 01/29/2011 7:16:41 AM PST by richardtavor (One of the rare establishmt Republicans backed by the "Tea Party" movement that wants limited gove)
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To: haroldeveryman

He could send jimmy carter...


24 posted on 01/29/2011 7:26:29 AM PST by richardtavor (One of the rare establishmt Republicans backed by the "Tea Party" movement that wants limited gove)
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To: richardtavor

aaaah! The nuclear option. But when it comes to diplomacy, Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like Charlie Sheen in a tittie bar.


25 posted on 01/29/2011 2:49:05 PM PST by haroldeveryman
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