martin indyk , former u.s.assador to israel, served in the state department and on the national security council in the clinton administration. he's now vice president at the brookings institution. and tarek masoud is an assistant professor of public policy at harvard university. he's a specializes in islamic political parties and their role in governance. welcome to you both. professor mehsud, beginning with you, what's your assessment of the state of the revolution today? >> well, i think we're right in the middle of a democratic transition in egypt. as with any kind of transition there are some things that are very promising and there are other things that are maybe a bit discouraging. on the discouraging side one year after the revolution that overthrew mubarak egypt is ruled by the military. and that's a far cry from the democracy for which so many have fought and some died in tahrir and other squares around egypt. also discouraging is the fact that many of the economic grievances that animate it had revol