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>> i think vice president cheney may have played a significant role here. they both worked together back during the ford administration. he had a friendship that has endured over the years. and i think that vice president cheney had much to do, i'm speculating, in terms of the recommendation. >> i think that's probably true. now you're just back from the security conference in munich and you were witness to all of the drama, all of the conversations about what's happening in egypt. and one of issues was frank wizner, the special envoy who went over last week. we were told by the white house, a...

Represents mubarak. i think you undercut the ambassador that's there by sending someone else to be the dealer. >> yeah. but the problem is the ambassador who is there probably couldn't get in to deliver a message to president mubarak and they needed someone to come from washington. wisner is well connected in egypt and does serve as an adviser to the huge washington law firm. some have said he's got a conflict of interest. we'll get into that more the next hour but he did deliver a message from the president of the united states and president mubarak seemed to have responded to it. >> except t...

a little bit less about himself. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the observeway white house is warning egypt that words are not enough. no more, and that the mubarak government must take concrete steps towards greater freedom and democracy. let's go straight to the white house. our correspondent dan lothian is joining us with the latest. sensitive times, dan, for the president, but these are critically important issues. >> reporter: that's right, and all of the energy here at the white house is focused on strongly encouraging this transition process along, realizing...