WH chief of staff: We had no idea Mubarak was sending out goons

All indications are that several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak are instigating today’s clashes.

White House chief of staff William Daley told reporters that Washington had no warning of today’s events, which came as a surprise after President Barack Obama’s “cordial” phone call with Mubarak yesterday, NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell reports.

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