(New York Times) Jane Perlez - These are tense times between Washington and Egypt, the largest Arab country and an important strategic ally. The Bush administration regards President Hosni Mubarak as an ungrateful recipient of nearly $2 billion in annual assistance. Moreover, it views Egypt as a recalcitrant student of political and economic reform.
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