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LONDON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry backed away Friday from his candid comments that seemed to signal American support for the Egyptian military coup and the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.

The U.S. has tried hard not to appear as if it is taking sides in the crisis. But when Kerry said Thursday in Pakistan that the Egyptian military was ‘‘'restoring democracy’’ in leading the July 3 coup, it left the impression that the U.S. backed the military action. The White House was quick to explain that Kerry had misspoke and his statement did not represent Obama's view of events in Egypt.

‘‘Does Secretary Kerry accept Defense Secretary (Chuck) Hagel to step in and remove (U.S. President Barack) Obama if large protests take place in America?’’ a spokesman of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Gehad el-Haddad, asked.

The flap over Kerry’s remarks came at a bad time. Just as the White House was walking back Kerry's statement, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns was landing in Cairo to urge Egyptian leaders to avoid violence and help facilitate a political exit strategy to end the stalemate that has paralyzed Egypt and deeply divided the country.

Kerry forgot Obama is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. :lol:

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Well Obama forced Kerry to make today's public apology directly to the Muslim Brotherhood.

[quote]"My apologies to the Egyptian people, I misspoke in Pakistan when I implied that I felt Egypt’s Military actions were justified for Democracy; the words just came out wrong. President Morsi, came to power as Egypt's first freely elected president, I'm concerned about the turmoil and feel that a violent crackdown was absolutely unacceptable. “The story of Egypt and President Morsi is not finished yet,”