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Egypt, a new democracy or another dictatorship?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

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After the worst street violence in 60 years, Egypt's newly elected president is surrounded by tanks, troops, and barbed wire. Key allies have resigned, but Muhammad Morsi says

outsiders are organizing the opposition, a favorite claim of the ousted Hosni Mubarak. President

Obama has talked with Morsi by phone,

but is the U.S. less concerned about Egypt's internal troubles than their impact on Israel?

We'll update the growing protest, the role of the army, and the prospects for a peaceful resolution.

On reporter's notebook later on, Tea Party Senator Jim DeMinn goes to the Heritage Foundation.

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Hello again, Warren Al-Nayback with To the Point.

President Mohamed Morsi's first televised address to the nation of Egypt has increased

protests that's already shown the capacity to generate violence. Opponents accuse him of adopting

the same tactics as his deposed predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, is the first elected president

turning the country into an Islamic dictatorship. How legitimate is the secular opposition?

On reporter's notebook, Tea Party Republican Jim DeMint is giving up four years in the U.S. Senate

to head up the Heritage Foundation.

We'll hear how a think tank that gave Ronald Reagan a lot of ideas is trying to influence

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