De Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Hillary Clinton, reageerde dit weekend op de demonstraties en rellen in Egypte tegen het regime van president Mubarak. De situatie in Egypte baart de regering Obama zorgen, omdat Egypte een belangrijke partner van de VS is en men stabiliteit in de regio wil. In het televisie programma “Meet the Press” van NBC zei Clinton dat “thankfully, we do not have any reports of any American citizens killed or injured” in Egypte.

In het programma “This Week” van ABC zei ze “that there is no discussion right now about cutting off aid to Egypt.” En in “State of the Union” van CNN zei Clinton: “We do not want to send any message about backing forward or backing back. What we’re trying to do is to help clear the air so that those who remain in power, starting with President Mubarak, with his new vice president, with the new prime minister, will begin a process of reaching out, of creating a dialogue that will bring in peaceful activists and representatives of civil society to, you know, plan a way forward that will meet the legitimate grievances of the Egyptian people.”