Peter Hessler and Jon Lee Anderson on the Egyptian coup.
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🗓️ 12 July 2013
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Peter Hessler and Jon Lee Anderson on the Egyptian coup.
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| 1:21.7 | After the Egyptian military deposed President Morsi last week, the Obama administration was |
| 1:26.9 | careful not to call it a coup. |
| 1:28.9 | Asked about that on Monday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, |
| 1:32.2 | It is also important to acknowledge that tens of millions of Egyptians had legitimate grievances |
| 1:37.3 | with President Morsi's undemocratic form of governance, and they do not believe that this was a coup. |
| 1:43.7 | Indeed, they were demanding a new |
| 1:45.1 | government. Peter Hester is reporting from Cairo, and John Lee Anderson is in London. So, |
| 1:50.8 | John Lee, I want to start with you because over your career, you've covered a number of |
| 1:55.0 | revolutions. And I want to ask you, when the military overthrows the democratically elected president, |
| 2:01.7 | how is that not a coup? Briefly. |
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