Clinton Calls for 'Orderly Transition' to Greater Freedom in Egypt.

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on Sunday for ''an orderly transition'' to a more politically open Egypt, stopping short of telling its embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, to step down but clearly laying the groundwork for his departure. Mrs. Clinton, making a round of Sunday talk shows, insisted that Mr. Mubarak's future was up to the Egyptian people. But she said on ''State of the Union'' on CNN that the United States stood ''ready to help with the kind of transition that will lead to greater political and economic freedom.'' And she emphasized that elections scheduled for this fall must be free and fair. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]