The new measures came just days

"This mac eyebrow powder is a critical moment in Egypt, and the world is watching closely," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. "We are particularly concerned by decisions that appear to prolong the military's hold on power." The Obama administration has sought to safeguard its interests while championing change in Egypt. Mubarak made Cairo a bulwark of American influence in the Middle East before being pushed from power in February 2011. The new measures came just days after a court packed with judges appointed by Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament, and the mac eyelash curler military assumed broad authority to arrest civilians – and less than two weeks from the date the rulers set for a transfer of power back to civilians.The generals issued a "constitutional declaration" late Sunday before even a single ballot was counted at the end of the second and final day of a presidential runoff that pitted Morsi, a U.S.-trained engineer, against Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak's last prime minister. The new president, according to the document, will not be able to declare war or order troops out on the streets in case of domestic unrest without the prior consent of the military. He will also have no say in the affairs of the military, whose mac eyeliner top brass will exclusively exercise the right to appoint commanders and extend their service.