By Steve Clemons

The statement below was sent to me today. It was released on February 3rd, a few days ago, but is powerful and very much worth reading.

Yesterday had a very good chat with CBS News’ Bob Orr in a program that also featured the Washington Post‘s David Ignatius. The segment also includes reports from Tahrir Square in Cairo from CBS News’ Elizabeth Palmer and Vicki Barker.

PBS News Hour had me in evening before last along with Georgetown University’s Samer Shehata and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Steven Cook who was in Tahrir Square during the early part of the protests. Judy Woodruff anchored the discussion for which there is a transcript here.

On Thursday afternoon, I participated in a very good discussion — though my comments are near the end of the hour — with To the Point‘s Warren Olney about the continuing drama in Egypt and how the White House policy response has evolved.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Chuck Todd & Savannah Guthrie had Washington Post White House correspondent Anne Kornblut and me on The Daily Rundown yesterday — and I thought we had a good chat about the trends in US policy posture on Egypt.

I really enjoyed my recent visit to speak with members of the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council.

In the Washington Post this morning, George Soros describes very well America’s equities in Egypt’s current political struggle.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Tonight, I discussed the ongoing drama in Egypt with Rachel Maddow in the clip above.

This is a quite dramatic shot via

More here. Things are getting tense. There is a world of difference between how things tilted when Marcos when departed the Philippines and other models as in Tiananmen, China or Iran when the government crushed the people’s call for justice and a new order.