Egypt's Army Calls for End to Protests  —  By MARGARET COKER and CHARLES LEVINSON in Cairo and JONATHAN WEISMAN in Washington  —  Egypt's army called on protesters to return home Wednesday, and Internet connections were restored, as the government moved to restore some normalcy after a wrenching week of protests.

Click to watch video  —  [Update 4:59 p.m. Cairo, 9:59 a.m. ET] CNN iReporter Marianamin is an American living in a suburb an hour north of Cairo.  She says her friends and neighbors “don't know who they want in, but they just know they want Mubarak out. ...  Their thinking is he had 30 years to make changes.

B.E., Before Egypt.  A.E., After Egypt.  —  I'm meeting a retired Israeli general at a Tel Aviv hotel.  As I take my seat, he begins the conversation with: “Well, everything we thought for the last 30 years is no longer relevant.”  —  That pretty much sums up the disorienting sense of shock …

Neocons vs. Israel  —  One of the most remarkable features of the American response to the Egypt crisis has been its one-sidedness.The longtime, loyal American ally Hosni Mubarak turns out to have virtually no support here, from Capitol Hill — where just a handful of Republican backbenchers …

GOP 2012-ers cold on Egypt strategy  —  Unlike top congressional Republicans, the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls isn't quite ready to express support for President Barack Obama's cautious approach to the crisis in Egypt.  —  In fact, many of them aren't ready to say anything at all.