In Tahrir Square, Morsi challenges military

Morsi also made clear that his policies are likely to clash with U.S. interests as he promised to seek the release of Omar Abdel-Rahman, who's serving a life sentence in an American prison for involvement in terrorist plots in the United States that were uncovered during the investigation of the 1993 bombing of New York's World Trade Center.

"I see the family of Dr. Omar Abdel-Rahman and banners about the civilians jailed by military verdicts and those detained since the beginning of the revolution," he said, referring to the uprising that led to Hosni Mubarak's resignation of the presidency last year. "It's my duty to expend all possible effort and I will, until all of them, including Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, are released."