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Administration is pushing for a quick transfer of power and what you can expect to see out of egypt with former ambassador holiday coming up. kelly? >> the super committee of super funds, wow, and somehow president obama gets himself out of the mix. once again, washington can't seem to find common ground, however, so should the president have done more or was it out of his hands? and what needs to be done once congress comes back? let's bring in our political panel, chris hahn former aid to chuck schumer and democratic strategist and angela mcglowan, political analyst, thank you for joining us...

Powerful position and a fair player in terms of citing the united states and helping to broker peace there and making sure that no one went into israel. what concerns do we have about israel and its future with what's going on in egypt? >> well, of course, part of the follow onto the camp david process was the development after very close relationship with the egyptian military between the u.s., and the egyptian militaries and we of course, look to the military and have looked to the military as a really, a force for stability in the region. and so, the obama administration has to not look too...

Civilian government to take control. and the obama administration is among those calling for faster transfer, to civilian rule, parliamentary elections begin on monday, so, what can we expect to see unfold in egypt in the coming days and months? ambassador stewart holiday is the former u.s. ambassador it for special political affairs and ambassador, always good to see you. this is a very difficult time in the middle east, as it contains egypt. what's happening there? what can the united states do to quell the unrest? >> well, as you know, egypt is a critically important country for the united ...

Elections in alexandra and cairo, two most popular cities takes place monday, we likely won't know what they'll be. there's a lot of pressure and a lot of dissatisfaction with the interim appointment of that the 78-year-old sort of technocrat. what is going to happen, really, is that the egyptian military has to hope for a reasonable turnout to show there's a sort of silent majority in egypt that people that don't represent protests tahrir square and kind of keep a dialog open with political party leadership and they've sent pledges to transfer power by june of 2012. >> so, ambassador, that me...

Political process that was put into place. >> i don't want to cut you off, but my time is running short. do you think the obama administration, as well as that matter, members of congress. do they have situational awareness, what's going on. a bird's eye view of what's taking place there? >> we have an outstanding ambassador in ann patterson who served in a number of critical countries. she's terrific and we have a very good presence there, with -- there are not as many international election observers, that people hoped, but it's obvious that people in washington are keeping very, very close ...