is sort of disengaged in an unhelpful way. i'm going to quote you khalid 0mar yusuf, who was a member of mr hamdok�*s government. we know that he was detained and beaten after the october coup, and he now says the us has more power and leverage than any other international actor, but washington has failed to sufficiently exercise its influence and the sudanese people expect more. it's funny that he expects more, and yet you sit there and you seem entirely satisfied. i did not say that i was entirely satisfied, please. i said, there is, i expect a build—up to happen and i am asking for more. i am not here to defend the us policy. i'm here to work with them in order to see what they can do more. and that's exactly what i'm doing now. isn't the truth that actually in sudan today, the us influence is much reduced and the powers that really matter, the actors that have the greatest influence in khartoum, are egypt,