Many protesters in Egypt have voiced criticism of the United States for its longtime support of the Mubarak regime. On Monday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs refused to outright call for Mubarak to step down.

Robert Gibbs: “There must be an orderly transition, that a whole range of issues, some which I just talked about, have to be addressed, that there has to be meaningful negotiations with a broad cross-section of the Egyptian people, including opposition groups, that go to answering the very core of the freedoms that people desire.”