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How out of it was ‘Team O’ on Egypt?

Pretty far out of it by most accounts.

Here's one of the first AP reports on how the president found out that Mubarak had fled Cairo and abdicated power to Egypt's military.

Interestingly, in following write-throughs the AP dropped this detail.

"WASHINGTON — Caught up in stunning news like the rest of the world, President Barack Obama was in an Oval Office meeting Friday when he learned of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. He watched the celebration on television and prepared to make an afternoon statement."
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