U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Cairo Saturday for a series of high-level meetings with Egyptian officials, MSNBC reported. She first met with the newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist, who�s in a locked showdown with the country�s powerful military leaders.

After the meeting Clinton said the U.S. supports the full establishment of democratic rule in Egypt and the return of its military to an exclusively national security role. Clinton was scheduled to meet on Sunday with Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi who headed a group of generals who oversaw Egypt’s transition period after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

The Obama administration has pledged billions of dollars in support of the new Egyptian government when it was formed.

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