"I just spoke to him after his speech … and told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise. Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. … This moment of volatility has to be turned into a moment of promise."
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Barack Obama, after a day of anti-government protests in Egypt, as quoted in "Obama: I told Mubarak he must deliver on his promises" at CNN (28 January 2011)
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Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak (4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was the fourth President of the Arab Republic of Egypt from 14 October 1981 to 11 February 2011, who resigned in response to the demands of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. He was married to Suzanne Mubarak.
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