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Egypt on the brink -- country needs our political, financial and moral support

The next year is one of the most crucial in Egypt’s 7,000 history. If the country's current roadmap to democracy stays on course, it will have a new constitution, parliament and president by next summer.  That in turn will give it the security and stability that are preconditions for economic growth.  Without economic growth, Egypt is doomed. It will, quite literally, not be able to feed its people. Egypt will fall prey to the political chaos that accompanies economic chaos.  So while Washington quibbles over whether Egypt’s current government meets the legal definition of a coup, and whether we should withhold aid, Egyptians are grappling with life and death issues of survival.I have just returned from Cairo, as part of the first American delegation to meet with the new Egyptian leadership.We talked with businessmen, student activists, religious leaders, current and former government officials and military officers.  We talked to many people neither the U.S. government nor western med...

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