Egypt president-elect 's first public speech to Tahrir protesters in bid to rally support

CAIRO - Thousands of Islamists flowed into Cairo's Tahrir Square to hear Egypt's president-elect make his first public speech since declaring victory in a clear bid to rally popular support as he faces a struggle for power with the country's ruling generals.

Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood is the first Islamist and the first civilian to win the presidency, a job held for nearly three decades by Hosni Mubarak who was ousted by an uprising last year.

But he is already facing a serious challenge after the Mubarak-era military rulers who oversee the transition took a series of decisions undermining the powers of his office before his swearing-in, which was scheduled for Saturday.

His visit to Tahrir is also a nod to the protesters who supported his bid for leadership in a bitter campaign that pitted him against Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq.

Many protesters have called for Morsi to take the oath of office in the square, the epicenter of mass protests against Mubarak and later the continued military rule, but the ceremony was scheduled to be held Saturday before a high court.

His appearance in Tahrir a day before the official ceremony is clearly a nod to the calls for a popular oath.

Egyptians will be watching Morsi's statements to see whether he will accept the restrictions on his power or try to use his position as an elected president to force the military to lift them. His influence is hampered by a court decision that dissolved the country's first freely elected parliament, which was dominated by Islamists.

The ruling generals have promised to transfer power to an elected president by Sunday. But they also have given themselves sweeping powers that undercut the authority of the president. The constitutional declaration ? issued days before the winner of a runoff vote was announced ? also designated the generals the country's legislature in place of the disbanded parliament.

Protesters ? mainly Islamists but also including some of the liberal and secular activists who spearheaded the revolution against Mubarak ? took to the streets to demand that the generals rescind the declaration and reinstate the parliament.

Morsi's spokesman, Yasser Ali, said the president-elect wants to stand with the thousands who have camped in the square for over a week to express concern about the power grabs.

"He wants to confirm that people are the source of his power," Ali said. "He wants to show unity with his people over issues of the transition, which is now ending."

The generals say the moves were designed to fill a power vacuum and ensure that the president doesn't monopolize decision-making until a new constitution is drafted.

They have already said the current head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi will be the new defense minister.

Many protesters already have complained that Morsi's agreement to be sworn in before a high court was a concession to the military. Traditionally, such ceremonies are held before parliament, which currently doesn't exist.

"We demand from the president of the republic that he calls off the constitutional declaration, reinstate the parliament as it was, and to stand here among us to be sworn in and swear he has all his powers," said a preacher in the square who addressed the crowd before Morsi arrived.

"From now on, we make our demands to the president of the republic, not the military council. The military council no longer rules Egypt."

Protesters in the square chanted, "The military council should leave tonight," and, "The president takes the oath in the square." Similar protests also were held in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, and other cities.

A podium was set up in Tahrir for Morsi's speech, and the area was secured by the Republican guards. It was in the first time in the past 16 months that security forces have returned to protecting the square while rallies are held.

Ali said Morsi's agreement to take oath before the court does not mean the battle to regain his powers is over.

"This is an affirmation that (Morsi) respects the law and constitution," he said. "It doesn't mean approval of the declaration."

Speaking to newspapers editors Thursday, Morsi said discussions continued over how to on how to implement the law dissolving the parliament. The court decision declared a third of the elected seats unconstitutional and Brotherhood lawyers argue it is still possible to only dissolve that third.

"We should be patient with one another, two, three or four years, and try to live together in this atmosphere of freedom and democracy after the revolution," he said, according to comments published in the state-run Al-Ahram daily. "This is definitely a better atmosphere than before. But there are big challenges."

Morsi, the first elected Islamist leader of an Arab country, is also trying to reach out to many of the liberal and secular forces that were behind the uprising. They, along with Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, fear Morsi would work to establish a religious state. Most of those groups are not participating in the protests, although one prominent youth group the April 6 movement has joined the rally on Tahrir Square.

Morsi is consulting to form a unity government, which he promised won't be led by a Brotherhood member.

In the two-hour meeting with the editors, Morsi also dismissed worries that he would work to "Islamize" Egypt according to the Brotherhood vision. He said it was not possible.

"It is impossible to shake the pillars of the state in any direction. I am a president for all Egyptians," he said.

Before heading to Tahrir Square on Saturday, Morsi prayed in Al-Azhar mosque, a symbolic acknowledgement of respect to Sunni world's most prestigious learning institution.

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Obama to view fire damage in swing state Colorado

This aerial photo taken on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, shows burned homes in the Mountain Shadows residential area of Colorado Springs, Colo., that were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon wildfire. More than 30,000 have been displaced by the fire, including thousands who frantically packed up belongings Tuesday night after it barreled into neighborhoods in the foothills west and north of Colorado?s second-largest city. (AP Photo/John Wark)

This aerial photo taken on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, shows burned homes in the Mountain Shadows residential area of Colorado Springs, Colo., that were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon wildfire. More than 30,000 have been displaced by the fire, including thousands who frantically packed up belongings Tuesday night after it barreled into neighborhoods in the foothills west and north of Colorado?s second-largest city. (AP Photo/John Wark)

President Barack Obama walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, as he returned from Walter Reed National Medical Center where he visited with troops. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Map shows latest spread of the wildfire in Colorado Springs

A water dropping helicopter makes a run over a plume of smoke rises form the Waldo Canyon wildfire west of Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 26, 2012. Colorado Springs officials said Thursday that hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a raging wildfire that has encroached on the state's second-largest city and threatened the U.S. Air Force Academy. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? As President Barack Obama surveys damage from raging wildfires and thanks first responders in Colorado, he also will be seeking to show voters in one of the nation's most tightly contested political swing states that he is a compassionate leader who can command in a crisis.

Though Obama will spend just three hours Friday on the ground in Colorado, his cross-country dash underscores the enormous power of incumbency in an election year. The president has resources at his disposal that Republican challenger Mitt Romney simply can't compete with, from the ability to fly Air Force One anywhere in the country on short notice to the authority to dole out federal funds to help disaster-stricken states recover.

He declared "a major disaster" exists in the state early Friday and promised federal aid.

Obama will arrive midday in Colorado Springs, where officials say more than 30,000 people have been evacuated in what is now the most destructive wildfire in state history. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed by the blaze that has encroached on the state's second-largest city and threatened the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The White House says Obama is making the trip because he wants to get a firsthand look at the wildfire damage in order to see whether additional federal resources are necessary.

But election year political concerns also create an imperative for Obama to be on the ground.

Just over four months from Election Day, the contest in Colorado is very close, and Obama and Romney are each looking to swing the state in their favor anyway they can.

About 46 percent of registered voters backed Obama, 42 percent backed Romney and 8 percent were undecided in an NBC News/Marist poll conducted in late May.

Both sides are devoting significant money and manpower to the state, which tends to swing from one political party to the other in presidential elections. Obama easily carried Colorado in 2008. So did his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, in 2004.

Obama also has walked tornado-stricken streets in Missouri and Alabama, and met with flood victims in Tennessee, all states that voted against him in the 2008 presidential election.

Every decision the Obama White House makes to send the president to a disaster zone is done under the shadow of Bush's botched response to Hurricane Katrina, which irrevocably damaged his presidency.

Bush was widely criticized as detached and uncaring when he viewed the hurricane damage from the air rather than meeting with people on the ground. White House officials said at the time that they didn't want Bush's presence to distract from the recovery efforts.

Obama has faced some criticism that his trip to Colorado could divert time and resources away from the efforts to fight the fires.

"While President Obama certainly has the right to come to Colorado whenever he chooses, I believe his visit tomorrow will be a distraction from what has to be our only priority, which is containing and then defeating these fires," Bill Owens, the former Republican governor of Colorado, said.

But Colorado's current Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper said Colorado officials from both parties support the president's visit.

"They said, 'You're right, this is not a political thing. This is what the president of the United States should be doing in a situation like this,'" Hickenlooper said.

Yet Colorado, with huge swaths of independent-minded voters, does hold significant political weight in November. In a tight election, the state's nine electoral votes could make the difference between a win or a loss.

The Obama campaign and a political action committee supporting him have spent more than $8 million in television advertisements in the state, according to Republican officials who track ad buys. Romney and outside groups backing his candidacy have spent over $4 million.

The NBC/Marist poll found that Obama has advantages with Colorado voters on social issues and national security, while Romney has the advantage on reducing the national debt. The majority of voters in Colorado say the economy is their top issue in the November, but are evenly split over which candidate would be better at handling the economy.

Colorado's unemployment rate, at 8.1 percent last month, is just below the national average.

The Obama campaign is seeking to rally support among Colorado's growing numbers of Hispanics and young people, two groups where the president has an edge over Romney. The presumptive GOP nominee sees an opportunity to make up ground in the state's traditionally Republican rural areas. His campaign is also hoping to appeal to middle-class voters in the vast Denver suburbs, who may be unhappy with the economy.

However, Obama has an advantage among this group's key segment: suburban women.

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Associated Press writer Thomas Beaumont and AP deputy director of polling Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.

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Obama to view fire damage in swing state Colorado

This aerial photo taken on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, shows burned homes in the Mountain Shadows residential area of Colorado Springs, Colo., that were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon wildfire. More than 30,000 have been displaced by the fire, including thousands who frantically packed up belongings Tuesday night after it barreled into neighborhoods in the foothills west and north of Colorado?s second-largest city. (AP Photo/John Wark)

This aerial photo taken on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, shows burned homes in the Mountain Shadows residential area of Colorado Springs, Colo., that were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon wildfire. More than 30,000 have been displaced by the fire, including thousands who frantically packed up belongings Tuesday night after it barreled into neighborhoods in the foothills west and north of Colorado?s second-largest city. (AP Photo/John Wark)

President Barack Obama walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, as he returned from Walter Reed National Medical Center where he visited with troops. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Map shows latest spread of the wildfire in Colorado Springs

A water dropping helicopter makes a run over a plume of smoke rises form the Waldo Canyon wildfire west of Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 26, 2012. Colorado Springs officials said Thursday that hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a raging wildfire that has encroached on the state's second-largest city and threatened the U.S. Air Force Academy. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? As President Barack Obama surveys damage from raging wildfires and thanks first responders in Colorado, he also will be seeking to show voters in one of the nation's most tightly contested political swing states that he is a compassionate leader who can command in a crisis.

Though Obama will spend just three hours Friday on the ground in Colorado, his cross-country dash underscores the enormous power of incumbency in an election year. The president has resources at his disposal that Republican challenger Mitt Romney simply can't compete with, from the ability to fly Air Force One anywhere in the country on short notice to the authority to dole out federal funds to help disaster-stricken states recover.

He declared "a major disaster" exists in the state early Friday and promised federal aid.

Obama will arrive midday in Colorado Springs, where officials say more than 30,000 people have been evacuated in what is now the most destructive wildfire in state history. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed by the blaze that has encroached on the state's second-largest city and threatened the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The White House says Obama is making the trip because he wants to get a firsthand look at the wildfire damage in order to see whether additional federal resources are necessary.

But election year political concerns also create an imperative for Obama to be on the ground.

Just over four months from Election Day, the contest in Colorado is very close, and Obama and Romney are each looking to swing the state in their favor anyway they can.

About 46 percent of registered voters backed Obama, 42 percent backed Romney and 8 percent were undecided in an NBC News/Marist poll conducted in late May.

Both sides are devoting significant money and manpower to the state, which tends to swing from one political party to the other in presidential elections. Obama easily carried Colorado in 2008. So did his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, in 2004.

Obama also has walked tornado-stricken streets in Missouri and Alabama, and met with flood victims in Tennessee, all states that voted against him in the 2008 presidential election.

Every decision the Obama White House makes to send the president to a disaster zone is done under the shadow of Bush's botched response to Hurricane Katrina, which irrevocably damaged his presidency.

Bush was widely criticized as detached and uncaring when he viewed the hurricane damage from the air rather than meeting with people on the ground. White House officials said at the time that they didn't want Bush's presence to distract from the recovery efforts.

Obama has faced some criticism that his trip to Colorado could divert time and resources away from the efforts to fight the fires.

"While President Obama certainly has the right to come to Colorado whenever he chooses, I believe his visit tomorrow will be a distraction from what has to be our only priority, which is containing and then defeating these fires," Bill Owens, the former Republican governor of Colorado, said.

But Colorado's current Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper said Colorado officials from both parties support the president's visit.

"They said, 'You're right, this is not a political thing. This is what the president of the United States should be doing in a situation like this,'" Hickenlooper said.

Yet Colorado, with huge swaths of independent-minded voters, does hold significant political weight in November. In a tight election, the state's nine electoral votes could make the difference between a win or a loss.

The Obama campaign and a political action committee supporting him have spent more than $8 million in television advertisements in the state, according to Republican officials who track ad buys. Romney and outside groups backing his candidacy have spent over $4 million.

The NBC/Marist poll found that Obama has advantages with Colorado voters on social issues and national security, while Romney has the advantage on reducing the national debt. The majority of voters in Colorado say the economy is their top issue in the November, but are evenly split over which candidate would be better at handling the economy.

Colorado's unemployment rate, at 8.1 percent last month, is just below the national average.

The Obama campaign is seeking to rally support among Colorado's growing numbers of Hispanics and young people, two groups where the president has an edge over Romney. The presumptive GOP nominee sees an opportunity to make up ground in the state's traditionally Republican rural areas. His campaign is also hoping to appeal to middle-class voters in the vast Denver suburbs, who may be unhappy with the economy.

However, Obama has an advantage among this group's key segment: suburban women.

___

Associated Press writer Thomas Beaumont and AP deputy director of polling Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.

___

Follow Julie Pace at http://twitter.com/jpaceDC

Associated Press

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Japan's May factory output down 3.1 percent

TOKYO ?

Japan's factory output declined 3.1 percent in May from the previous month as the world's third biggest economy grapples with weaker European demand and an uneven recovery from last year's tsunami disaster.

It was the second consecutive month of decline in industrial production, the economy ministry said Friday. It said worsening sectors included autos, chemicals and general machinery. But the ministry expects production to recover in coming months as output picks up in electronic parts and devices, machinery and electrical products. Other data showed the unemployment rate fell in May.

Disaster-struck Japan's economic outlook continues to be murky. The economy expanded at a rapid clip in the first quarter, helped by spending on disaster reconstruction, but is unlikely to maintain that pace over the rest of the year.

The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in northeastern Japan in March last year destroyed coastlines, disrupted manufacturing and displaced people in evacuations due to leaking radiation. Analysts say the recovery will continue but faces headwinds from the European debt crisis and ebbing U.S. growth.

Some companies such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have bounced back. But Japan still faces enormous challenges from a strong yen and rising competitors in South Korea, China, Taiwan and elsewhere. Major electronics makers Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. reported the worst losses ever for the business year ended in March.

Separately, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications data showed jobless people totaled 2.97 million people in May, some 170,000 fewer than the same month the previous year. The unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points from April to 4.4 percent. Manufacturing, transportation, medical and welfare sectors all gained jobs.

Japan's core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food but includes energy prices, slipped 0.1 percent in May from a year earlier, according to the ministry.

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Vive La France: Orange Bites The NFC Bullet, Plans Nationwide SIM-based Rollout In Home Market

NFC, the technology that can help turn a mobile handset into an instant, superpower payment device, has been long on promise but largely short on delivery. But today, the France Telecom-owned mobile operator Orange took a step that could see some of that potential realized: it has announced?that it will initiate a nationwide deployment of NFC SIM cards across its home market of France, covering 27 million subscribers. Orange says that all new post-paid subscribers will be getting the new SIM, regardless of what handset they have; existing customers will need to request it. What this means is that any NFC-ready device with Orange's new SIM in it can actually be used to make transactions -- as long as a businesses has enabled the service. The GSMA mobile carrier association first endorsed the NFC SIM solution back in November 2011?and this looks to be the first widescale European deployment of that -- although there are other carriers, like China Mobile, who are already offering these elsewhere. Orange, meanwhile, has only been working on local services of NFC services that worked with a limited number of handsets (the UK's QuickTap being one example).

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Watch LIVE at 12:15 PM ET: President Obama Expected to Speak on Healthcare Ruling

BloodSweatandTears

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:48pm

If you are actively watching/trading the stock market -you?ll notice the volume flat lined and went into a coma as the word came out on the crony paying-for-others-health-care mandate?..even on the most active stocks. I?m sure the powers have realized their future is all set up. it should be reflected in ?O?s
speech later on.

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anOpinion

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:42pm

In the past 2 years, whenever the American people speak they vote for constitutional conservatism, when the government speaks, it dictates the opposite.

The American people get to speak again in a few months, and if they do, Obamacare will be repealed in its entirety.

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marine249

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:38pm

BO ? It is a tax. No it is not a tax. In court yes it is
a tax. Then no it is not a tax. The SCOTUS says
it is a tak. BO ok it is a tax. I am your leader {and king}
so follow me, I will take you any f?ing way the
good old wind blowa me.

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Workingthedirt

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:31pm

This is part of Obama?s bringing about his own salvation through collective salvation. Only God and the devil collect souls, and only the devil has others collect them for him.

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• Gonzo

  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:46pm

  He doesn?t believe any of that. He doesn?t even believe that man has a soul. He is a godless, Marxist.

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GilbertAcct

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:27pm

The ?Romney is our Savior? people are living in a false reality. He will change little or nothing if he gets in. He is, and always has been, a proponent of big government. You who are outraged at this new ?tax? that Obama has stuck us with, while crying for the election of the only other person in America who imposed this exact same tax on American citizens? you ought to step back and look at reality (and be ashamed of yourselves).

Anyone who actually wants change in America will support neither Barack or Romney. Don?t vote, write someone else in, protest, boycott, register under a different party, etc. The democrats and republicans are of the same insestual breed.

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• SamIamTwo

  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:33pm

  Well then you would like for Obama to el presidente for yet another 4 years??? Cause that is what will happen.

  Simply put, we need the SENATE.

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• kevinthewriter

  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:33pm

  Romney is the lesser of the two evils. If you don?t vote for him you?ll be handing Obama the dictatorship. We need to vote Obama out and in the meantime, start building the libertarian movement so we can run a small government candidate in the future.

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• marine249

  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 1:01pm

  @GILBERTACCT
  this is the same post you had
  on another story. what wrong
  can?t thinh of anything else?

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SamIamTwo

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:21pm

I can?t stand it. Obama Must Go?OMG

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Landon410

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:20pm

i?ll like to what happens Obama speaks in a poor area after the people actually understand tht Obama just raised taxes on them more than anyone in history has ever raised taxes

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AMENDMENT

Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:18pm

I find the past decade or so to be very ironic, America?s majority has spent over 200 yrs engaged in practices entirely antithetical to England?s professed beliefs only to find America adopting the very same beliefs.

What a slap in the face to many great men who gave their lives for all in the new world to live as free men with no taxation without representation.

Long live king Obama and all hail the opening at the opposite end of his royal digestive tract!

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NFL32: An NFL franchise in London?

June, 28, 2012

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11:20

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By ESPN.com staff | ESPN.com

Tedy Bruschi discusses London getting an NFL team, Merril and Tedy debate whether Aaron Rodgers is the best player in the NFL, and the NFL32 crew examines the Cowboys' chances of making the postseason.

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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preview download is live, probably won't work on your Galaxy Nexus -- yet (Update)

Google has opted to deliver Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as an OTA update to the ICS already on the Nexus phones and tablets it just handed everyone at I/O 2012, and there's a manual download link available too. As Android Police notes, only GSM phones running the IMM330D firmware will take the update (which you probably don't have, although a fresh phone from the initial Google Play run might work.) With this release already in the wild it's surely only a matter of time before various third parties open it up to a wider variety of hardware. As always with early and somewhat untested software YMMV, keep an eye on those XDA Developers threads for the latest updates.

Update: Just that quickly, an SDK port has already popped up for the HTC One X. Of course, it's described as unstable and the author has no plans to try to fix the numerous problems but if you're desperate to see Jelly Bean you can, you just probably shouldn't.

Update 2: And almost as quickly, a rooted version for ClockWorkMod Recovery and ROM Manager has appeared. Check the latest thread for all the details.

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UVa board reinstates ousted president after outcry

University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan addresses a crowd of supporters outside the university Rotunda after she was reinstated by the board of visitors during a meeting at the school Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Charlottesville, Va. The 15-member Board of Visitors voted unanimously to reinstate Sullivan less than three weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire governing board and sparked a debate about the most effective way to operate public universities in an era of tight finances. Shortly after the vote, Sullivan thanked the board members for their renewed confidence in her. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan addresses a crowd of supporters outside the university Rotunda after she was reinstated by the board of visitors during a meeting at the school Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Charlottesville, Va. The 15-member Board of Visitors voted unanimously to reinstate Sullivan less than three weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire governing board and sparked a debate about the most effective way to operate public universities in an era of tight finances. Shortly after the vote, Sullivan thanked the board members for their renewed confidence in her. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan, center, at podium, addresses a crowd of supporters outside the university Rotunda after she was reinstated by the Board of Visitors during a meeting at the school Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Charlottesville, Va. The 15-member Board of Visitors voted unanimously to reinstate Sullivan less than three weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire governing board and sparked a debate about the most effective way to operate public universities in an era of tight finances. Shortly after the vote, Sullivan thanked the board members for their renewed confidence in her. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan smiles during a Board of Visitors meeting at the rotunda at the school Tuesday, June 27,2012 in Charlottesville, Va. The 15-member Board of Visitors voted unanimously to reinstate Sullivan less than three weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire governing board and sparked a debate about the most effective way to operate public universities in an era of tight finances. Shortly after the vote, Sullivan thanked the board members for their renewed confidence in her. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan speaks to the board after she was reinstated by the board of visitors during a meeting at the rotunda at the school Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Charlottesville, Va. The 15-member Board of Visitors voted unanimously to reinstate Sullivan less than three weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire governing board and sparked a debate about the most effective way to operate public universities in an era of tight finances. Shortly after the vote, Sullivan thanked the board members for their renewed confidence in her. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Surrounded by students and supporters, University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan sings the Good Ole' Song after she was reinstated by the board of visitors during a meeting at the rotunda at the school Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) ? The University of Virginia reinstated its popular president Tuesday less than three weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire governing board and sparked a debate about the best way to operate public universities in an era of tight finances.

The 15-member Board of Visitors voted unanimously to give Teresa Sullivan her job back during a brief meeting at the university's historic Rotunda. Shortly after the vote, Sullivan thanked the board for its renewed confidence in her leadership of the prestigious public university founded by Thomas Jefferson.

The board's swift reinstatement highlighted a dispute over how one of the finest universities in the U.S. ? public or private ? should move forward to address multiple challenges, including sharply diminished financial resources and pressure to increase its presence online.

Sullivan had signaled to the board prior to her ouster that she advocated "incremental" change ? not the bold, swift steps advocated by others such as Rector Helen Dragas, the driving force behind efforts to replace her.

"I want to partner with you in bringing about what's best for the university," she said as cheers erupted from supporters who had gathered outside the Rotunda.

The newly reinstated president then headed outside where hundreds of faculty, students and other supporters regaled her with applause and the university's anthem, "Good Ole' Song."

"You have shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am not alone," said Sullivan, who became U.Va.'s eighth president and its first female leader when she was named in August 2010. "I believe that together we'll do great things for the university."

Critics had compared how the board's executive committee handled Sullivan's abrupt firing ? with no formal vote, it was announced June 10 that she would step down Aug. 15 ? to a coup d'etat, and said it violated Jefferson's stated principles of honesty, respect and honor. The university is fiercely proud of its intellectual traditions and likes to call itself "Mr. Jefferson's university."

The ouster triggered days of online protests, massive protests on the campus's historic grounds, and calls by deans, faculty, students and alumni for Sullivan's return.

Dragas later said the university under Sullivan's leadership wasn't acting quickly enough to address state and federal funding reductions, online education delivery and other challenges. She didn't offer specific examples.

In a statement June 21, she cited a rapidly shifting health care environment that she said will necessitate changes at the U.Va. Medical Center; heightened pressure to better allocate scarce resources; changing technology; and federal and state funding challenges.

U.Va. expects to get about 10 percent of its operating budget from the state of Virginia this fiscal year. Public funding per in-state student has fallen to an estimated $8,310 in 2012-13, down from $15,274 per in-state student in 2000-01, according to the university.

Sullivan defended her performance at a board meeting June 18, outlining some of her initiatives since taking office, including hiring a new provost and chief operating officer and adopting a new budget model that decentralizes financial planning. She also acknowledged being an "incrementalist," favoring measured planning and collaboration with faculty and other constituents over what she called the board's "corporate, top-down leadership." She said the latter wasn't in the university's best interests.

On Tuesday, a majority of the 15-member governing board was needed to approve reinstatement. Yet there were only a few statements, no debate and no opposition voiced in a meeting lasting about 20 minutes. Dragas opened Tuesday by saying she believed the university would emerge stronger from the controversy. She again apologized for the way the matter was initially handled.

"The situation became enormously dramatized and emotionally charged," she said. "I sincerely apologize for the way this was presented and you deserve better."

She added that she looked forward to moving on, citing the best interests of the university community.

"I believe real progress is more possible than ever now," Dragas told the group shortly before the roll call vote was taken. "It is unfortunate that we had to have a near-death experience to get here."

Gov. Bob McDonnell, who appointed half of the board members, had warned Friday that he would seek the resignations of all the members if the group failed to resolve the controversy Tuesday.

Dragas and one other board member are up for reappointment and two others have terms that are expiring shortly. The governor must announce his decisions on all four appointments by July 1.

After the vote, McDonnell, whose twin sons will be U.Va. sophomores in the fall, said he looked forward to the president and the board working together in a spirit of cooperation.

"The past few weeks have not been easy for the University, and all those who love it. There has been too little transparency; too much vitriol. Too little discussion; too much blame," McDonnell said. "Now, with today's Board action, the time has come for Mr. Jefferson's University to move forward. The statements made today by Board members and President Sullivan were poignant and gracious and set the right tone for collaboration ahead."

Sullivan, 62, is an eminent scholar of labor-force demography. Before coming to Charlottesville, she served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, another top public university.

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Zinie Chen Sampson can be reached on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/zinie

Associated Press

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