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Mitchell Zimmerman

Demonstrators, holding signs and chanting, fill the street in front of the Egyptian embassy in Washington Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, demanding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak step down. The demonstrators also criticizing the Obama administration's response to the clashes in Egypt. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Whose side is Obama on anyway?

Joel Beinin, Mitchell Zimmerman