Obama to Make Statement on Mubarak Stepping Down
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President Barack Obama was informed during an Oval Office meeting of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s decision to step down and plans to make a statement at 1:30 p.m. Washington time.
After being told about Mubarak’s action, Obama went to an outer office to watch television coverage of the scene in Cairo for several minutes, Tommy Vietor, an administration spokesman, said in an e-mail.