Demonstrators hold banners in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, to demand that President Hosni Mubarak step down after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Tuesday ordered nonessential U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Egypt amid growing anti-government protests and uncertainty over the security situation.
The move came as the Obama administration grasps for a response to the revolt against its strongest Arab ally and struggles with the implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East and beyond.
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