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Unrest in Egypt. Should the U.S. take sides?

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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has reorganized his government,

but protest leaders plan a million-man march tomorrow to man that he stepped down.

They denounced the Obama administration's call for an orderly transfer of power as hypocrisy.

But would pushing Mubarak out provide a path for democracy or an opportunity for some new form of tyranny, perhaps like that in Iran?

In the meantime, will Mubarak order the riot police and the army to crack down?

After supporting an increasingly unpopular despot for 30 years, what can the U.S. do now to stay on the right side of history?

First, here's the U.S. do now to stay on the right side of history? First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon-Aulay, back with To the Point. The Obama administration appears to be

distancing itself from Egyptian President Hosni

Murak after 30 years of supporting him in the name of regional stability. In Cairo, protesters

are defying another afternoon curfew with no opposition as yet from Egyptian troops, and there's

talk of turning millions of people into the street tomorrow. New York Times columnist Nicholas Christoph is there in Cairo.

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