By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Published: July 9, 2013

CAIRO — Seeking to reassure Egyptians and the world about its intention to return to civilian democracy, the military-led interim government on Tuesday laid out a brisk timetable to overhaul Egypt’s suspended Constitution, elect a new Parliament and choose a new president, all in the space of about six months.

The release of the new timetable, issued in the name of the interim president, Adli Mansour, appeared intended to show steps toward civilian democracy after the military’s mass shooting of more than 50 Islamist protesters on Monday raised new doubts about the democratic promises of the generals who ousted former President Mohamed Morsi last week. Under United States law, if Washington officials deem the generals’ takeover to be a “coup” or decides that Cairo is moving away from democracy, then the Egyptian military stands to lose about $1.3 billion a year in American aid.

Previous schedules for Egypt’s political transition, however, have often gone unmet, especially under the roughly 18 months of military rule that ended last summer.

Mr. Mansour continued to struggle to assemble an interim cabinet after a handful of candidates for prime minister dropped out or fell away. Mr. Mansour was preparing to swear in Mohamed ElBaradei, the Noble-prize winning former diplomat and prominent liberal, on Sunday when the one major Islamist party that has supported Mr. Morsi’s ouster refused to accept Mr. ElBaradei.

On Tuesday, Mr. Mansour was reported to be moving to name Samir Radwan, a former finance minister under ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Al Nour, the ultraconservative Islamist party supporting Mr. Morsi’s ouster, signaled that it could accept Mr. Radwan, deeming him a “technocrat” outside Egypt’s recent political battles.
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And they expect different results this time???