Obama: Mubarak must make ‘right decision’
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama has delivered a clear hint that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak should step down now, saying the proud “patriot” should listen to his people and make the “right decision.” Obama did not explicitly call on Mubarak to resign, but said the Arab strongman had already made the psychological leap of realizing his rule was ebbing, and now should reconsider his position amid a mass uprising. The US president staked out a veiled, but forceful, position as tens of thousands of demonstrators held “departure day” protests in Cairo, and the United States sought a way to prod Mubarak to the exit after 30 years in power….
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