And we’re hopeful for a positive resolution or that the case will be dismissed.” 
 
 As for what his detention says about post-Mubarak Egypt, LaHood said making that kind of assessment would be a “little bit above my pay grade.” 
 
 “From our experience in working in places that are like Egypt, that are going through a transition like this, oftentimes these transitions are uneven,” he said. In our case, what we’re seeing here is, as I said, former elements of the Mubarak government that are pushing their own agenda that we think is inconsistent with the transition that’s going on in Egypt right now, the democratic transition that’s going on.” 
 
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– Sam LaHood today discussed his "de facto detention" in Egypt, in his first TV interview since returning to the US Thursday, Politico reports. LaHood, who had been barred from leaving Egypt along with 42 other NGO employees, says their attorney compared the circumstances "to a hostage situation." The employees still face criminal charges in Egypt, and LaHood tells CNN he expects the trial against them "to go on for some time" in that country. "We’re working with our lawyers to try to figure out what’s next for myself and my other American colleagues," says LaHood, son of the US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "But as I said, we’re hopeful that this issue is going to be resolved within Egypt and there will be a positive outcome for our Egyptian colleagues as well." LaHood wouldn't comment on what his detention might say about the post-Mubarak Egypt, but he did note that transitions like the one Egypt is undergoing are often "uneven. There's bumps in the road."