claim: in the past 20 years, egypt has made "great strides" in political and democratic reform.
author: sameh shoukry
evidence_1: may 15, 2012 ... the u.s. congress should fully fund the administration's request for $56 billion to  support international affairs for fiscal year (fy) 2013, a 2% increase over fy  2012. this budget is one of the primary tools the united states uses to maintain  leadership abroad, pursue its international priorities and promote ...
evidence_2: feb 6, 2011 ... egyptian ambassador to the united states sameh shoukry: in the past 20 years,  egypt has made "great strides" in political and democratic reform. egyptians  recently took to the streets to protest the authoritarian rule of president hosni  mubarak and urge him to step down. shoukry appeared on "this week" ...
evidence_3: in subsequent years, the countries that pursued reforms, such as egypt, jordan,  mauritania, morocco, and tunisia, enjoyed the region's most rapid growth rates.  .... with a 2.5 percent annual increase over the past 20 years, the mena region  has had one of the highest rates of population growth in the world, close to that of  ...
evidence_4: food subsidy reform in egypt and discusses the economic and political  advantages and disadvantages of nine .... egypt has, in fact, quietly reformed its  food subsidy system over the past 20 years from one that was ...... the egyptian  government has made great strides in liberalizing the wheat sector, which has  resulted in ...
evidence_5: over the past 13 years indonesia has made great strides in becoming a stable,  democratic country with a strong civil society and independent media. however,  serious human rights concerns remain. while senior officials pay lip service to  protecting human rights, they seem unwilling to take the steps necessary to  ensure ...