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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Showing impatience, President Barack Obama on Thursday openly and sharply questioned whether Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's pledge to shift power to his vice president is an "immediate, meaningful or sufficient" sign of reform for a country in upheaval. Without naming Mubarak, Obama issued a written statement that criticized the leader for not offering clarity to his people or a concrete path to democracy.

From the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party, 2/10/2011...Israel and Its “Special Role” in Relation to U.S. Imperialism Posted 2/7/2011I have heard that some people don’t like my statement: “After the Holocaust, the worst thing that has happened to Jewish people is the state of Israel.” But this does capture something very important, and there is something very important to understand about the “special role” of Israel—not only in relation to U.S. imperialism in general, but also particularly in relation to the neo-con/Bush regime strategy.Read on… _______________________________HOSNI MUBARAK: A profile of an American-Backed Tyrant by Larry Everest Posted 2/7/2011Today, millions...