Senate Proceeding 05-10-11 on May 10th, 2011 :: 1:16:15 to 1:23:25
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Harry Reid: quorum call: suspend with the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kirk: i ask that-to-speak for ten minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kirk: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio -- mr. kirk: illinois. officer i'm so. illinois. mr. kirk: more than ten months

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Speech By: Harry Reid

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Harry Reid: ago, a popular uprising swept president hosni mubarak from office. the egyptian military is now charged with reforming that country's military system with preparation for a parliamentary and presidential election. history teaches us that this sort of transition happens in three phases, not two. first, the dictator falls.

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Harry Reid: next follows a weak interim government. and only then does a final, permanent government enter the scene. we remember the french revolution with the fall of louis 16. then the hopefulness of the french. then we remember the october ref liewlings, first the fall of the

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Harry Reid: czar. then the hopefulness of the interim karenski government, thent rise of the soviet union. most recently we remember iran, first the fall of the shah. then the hopefulness of the interim batiar government. thent rise of khomeini.

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Harry Reid: today we're watching this sequence play out in egypt. first mubarak fell. then came the juvenile diabetes listing and the hopefulness of an interim military govment now we're left to wonder what act 3 will bring. will egypt remain a strong u.s. ally in the region?

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Harry Reid: will it uphold the camp david peace treaty with israel? will it commit to the rule of law and human rights at home? or will egypt fall into the hands of the. mr. conrad: cal muslim brother had? will it drift towards iran and embrace the enemies of israel? recent developments indicate

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Harry Reid: egypt is moving in the wrong direction. the muslim brotherhood is gaining additional influence and may soon gain significant legislative power. according to a poll released on april 25 by the pew research center, 78% of egyptians hold a favorable view of the muslim

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Harry Reid: brotherhood, and that's better than the youth-led april 6 movement that removed mubarak from power. in september's planned lerks the muslim brotherhood plans to contest anywhere from % to 50% of all parliamentary seats.

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Harry Reid: meanwhile, egypt's foreign policy is shifting away from the united states and our allies and towards the islamic republic of iran and its terrorist proxies. on april 18, iran announced the appointment of the country's first ambassador to egypt in 30 years.

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Harry Reid: on april 27, the egyptian foreign minister said that he will meet with the iranian foreign minister ali akbar saleh. the two officials will discuss next steps for the iranian-egyptian relationship. on may 3, iran's foreign

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Harry Reid: minister announced that he would send his deputy to visit egypt in the coming days. egyptian authorities helped negotiator the recent reconciliation agreement between the terrorist movement hamas and fatah, a major setback to israeli-palestinian peace. when asked to comment on hamas

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Harry Reid: being a terrorist organization, egypt's foreign minister said -- quote -- "we must allow someone house who is fight forge a cuss to see the light of day at the end of the tunnel and enter into peace." on march 28, hamas submit add request to the egyptian government to reopen its embassy in the gaza strip. on april 28, egypt's foreign

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Harry Reid: minister announced plans to reopen the raffa border with hamas on a permanent basis, a potential boon to the hamas terrorist organization. and on april 30, al hayak reported that hamas would be reelecting its offices from did a mass cursing send the terrorist's number-two man to

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Harry Reid: egypt. meanwhile, egyptians' commitment to democracy and human rights has suffered a serious setback following recent attacks on the country's cop particular christian community that left scores dead and hundreds more injured. this follows the interim's government move to dismiss the

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Harry Reid: governor of the city of quenna only days after his appointment. caving to mass demonstrations organized by the muslim brotherhood. as one coptic bishop told a.f.p., they are led by salah fay's and we won't leave until the christians's leave.

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Harry Reid: on march 28, dr. sin a. adnchts a 25-year-old blogger, was arrested for -- quote -- "insulting the military" -- and -- quote -- "disturbing public security." after posting comments on his blog that were critical of the military's role in the protest. this arrest clearly violated the

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Harry Reid: international covenant on international and political rights and the new government's commitment to the fundamental freedoms of its people. if egyptians could freely express their views on at that here square, they should have the freedom to express their views online. mr. president, the trajectory of

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Harry Reid: egypt's revolution now faces two distinct scenarios: it could become a is he skew already a american ally that -- a secular american ally that represents a peace treaty with israel, or it could become a muslim brotherhood controlled ally of iran that embraces

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Harry Reid: terrorist groups like hamas, per percent ciewtz its own religious minori rejects peace with is prail. we must do everything in our power to support the secular forces of egypt or face the prospect of a strategic setback on the scale of iran in 1979, laying the foundation for potentially yet another war in

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Harry Reid: the middle east. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that my remarks be entered in the record and i yield back. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. k the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.