Showing no obvious signs of strain, Morsy appeared alongside the head of the SCAF, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, at a military graduation ceremony in Cairo on Monday.

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The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, headed by Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, is now in control of Egypt, a country still dominated by massive rallies, this time dancing and singing ahead of an uncertain near-future.

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The army might be motivated by venial desires to protect its power and patronage, but the fact that Morsi is ultimately answerable to Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and defense minister, means his ability to construct any kind of theocracy is severely limited.

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