Opening statements at the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s hearings on the unrest in Egypt indicated that members of the committee plan to focus on why the Obama administration didn’t have a contingency plan in place due to the instability in the region and whether the Muslim Brotherhood is a legitimate party in the democratic process.Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) said that the panel would focus on whether there could be stability in Egypt, what plans had been in place and what role the Egyptian military was playing. Many questions from members of the committee focused on what sort of threat the Muslim Brotherhood would present to the United States and the Western world.
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