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So that's really all to the plus. and that's certainly what the pentagon wants to take advantage of right now. but these older men that are at the top, field marshal tantawi, general enan, names that we will come to know and recognize said to be running egypt, at least said to be before there are election, what pressures will be on them? how much will they really be able to satisfy the demands of the protest ers and get egypt through this transition period? a lot of uncertainty. and uncertainty still, randy, of course, filtering throughout the region. jordan has issued right now. and we have s...

The supreme council includes leaders of the army, the air force, navy and air defense forces. the group's top brass includes mohammed hussein tantawi. he's 75 years old and holds the rank of field marshall. tantawi is egypt's field minister and the commander in chief of the country's armed forces. before mubarak stepped down, he was promoted to deputy prime minister. former u.s. defense secretary william cohen knows tantawi and spoke of him earlier to our wolf blitzer. >> i had worked with him while i was at the pentagon, and he has served side by side with president mubarak. now the question ...

Enan is 63 years old and has spent considerable time training with the u.s. military. he was in washington holding military talks when the protests first broke out. keep in mind all four egyptian presidents since 1952 have come from the military. mubarak himself is a former demander of the egyptian air force. the country relies on conscription for its more than 468,000 active personnel. and reserves of 479,000 more troops. and the u.s. has close ties with egypt's military, as we said, providing more than $1.3 billion in military aid every year. but it is unclear what influence, if any, the u.s...