It is time for you to make clear that you are stepping down. Technically, it may be in the form of you handing over power, establishing a transition government. But you've got to change the narrative, and the narrative has to be Mubarak surrenders, Mubarak steps down.
Stephen Hadley discusses the need for President Mubarak to step down and the importance of changing the narrative surrounding his presidency.
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