to egypt. mr. ambassador, great to have you with us. >> hi, good morning, kiran. >> it does have a little bit of a challenge, the president, especially when it comes to articulating the u.s. view on the arab spring. what are you looking to hear in his speech this morning? >> well, he's got to hit three home runs today. number one, the region is waiting to hear his views about what the u.s. will do both in terms of political support and, more importantly, in terms of financial support to try to bolster the democratic revolutions in egypt and tunisia. second, the region's going to want to hear why it is that we've got a nato-led bombing campaign in libya, but only unilateral sanctions so far in syria. what's the difference between these situations? and third, there's a great interest in what the president will say about the middle east peace process. the president met this week with king abdullah of jordan. we'll meet tomorrow with prime minister netanyahu of israel. and there's an expectation that