CAIRO (AP) — The head of Egypt's military is taking a tough line on the Muslim Brotherhood.
On Sunday, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, warned that he won't let the fundamentalist group dominate the country. His comments came only hours after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged him to work with Egypt's elected Islamist leaders.
Clinton's visit to Egypt has underscored the difficulty Washington faces in trying to wield its influence amid the country's stormy post-Hosni Mubarak power struggles. Protesters chanting against the U.S. -- sometimes reaching several hundred -- sprung up at several sites Clinton visited this weekend. On Sunday, protesters threw tomatoes, water bottles and shoes at her motorcade as she left a ceremony marking the opening of a new U.S. consulate in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
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APPHOTO CAI101: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders to press for the military to work with Egypt's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) (15 Jul 2012)
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APPHOTO CAI208: RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP - Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, left, greets US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders to press for the military to work with Egypt's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) (15 Jul 2012)
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APPHOTO LON123: A US Marine removes the current US flag raised above the consulate in Alexandria to replace it with the one that was removed from the premises when it closed down in 1993, during the reopening ceremony of the consulate attended by US secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the mediterranean city of Alexandria on July 15, 2012. Clinton is in Egypt to meet with the nation's newly elected president and other government and civil leaders and to to speak about the relationship between the United States and the new democracy. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) (15 Jul 2012)
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