Bloomberg Business Week: “US Lawmakers cheer Mubarak exit, urge secular rule:”
While Egyptians should determine their own future, Representative Howard Berman of California said, the U.S. should use its influence “to encourage a process of change that is orderly and a government whose foreign and security policies support our interests.” In a statement, Berman, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs panel, said that would include a government that is “secular in orientation.”
Representative Nita Lowey of New York, the top Democrat on the House spending panel that oversees foreign aid, said she is “concerned” about the Muslim Brotherhood. She said Vice President Omar Suleiman should listen to all groups pushing for change in Egypt “but be sensitive to those who represent true secular democracy.”
Thanks to the internet, Egyptians can read the statements of all these wonderful folks who for years have demonstrated their concerns for their liberties
