Closed captioning of: Unrest in the Middle East
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after the deadly attack on americans at the consulate in benghazi, the militia is not under the president's control. here's our report tonight.
>> reporter:
taking advantage of growing outrage many libyans hold responsible for the attack, the president's president issued an ultimatum giving militias
48 hours
to put down their weapons and disband. this just days after protesters stormed the consulate in benghazi. while u.s. officials have praised the attack on ben began gas si. in an interview with the "new york times," egypt's president defended his government's slow response to the attack, telling the paper, quote, we can never condone this kind of violence, but we need to deal with the situation wisely. responding to
president obama
's recent remarks that he didn't consider them an ally. in a message he's likely to echo this week, he said it's up to the
united states
to repair relations with the
arab world
.
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now to nbc's education nation, our ongoing in depth looking at the challenge of americas schools and the possible solutions. the education summit began today. that's where rehema ellis is tonight.
>> reporter:
according to government figures more than 3
million young
people dropped out of
high school
in
2010
. that's why there's
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