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Egypt Revolt: The White House's Secret Plan for Succession

Carl Bernstein reports on what is driving U.S. diplomats' efforts to put together—by Monday it is hoped—a plan that would leave Mubarak in place as a temporary, powerless, de facto head of state.

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From left: Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January 26, 2011 at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Photos: AP Photo; Getty Images)

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