Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid To Egypt -- Daily Beast
The White House has quietly placed military aid to Egypt on hold, despite not saying publicly whether the Egyptian military takeover was a coup, Josh Rogin reports exclusively.
In the latest example of its poorly understood Egypt policy, the Obama administration has decided to temporarily suspend the disbursement of most direct military aid, the delivery of weapons to the Egyptian military, and some forms of economic aid to the Egyptian government while it conducts a broad review of the relationship. The administration won’t publicly acknowledge all aspects of the aid suspension and maintains its rhetorical line that no official coup determination has been made, but behind the scenes, extensive measures to treat the military takeover of Egypt last month as a coup are being implemented on a temporary basis.
The office of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the head of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, told The Daily Beast on Monday that military aid to Egypt has been temporarily cut off.
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More News On U.S. Aid To Egypt
Report: U.S. quietly freezes military aid to Egypt, senator says -- Haaretz/AP
Leaving Military Aid Intact, U.S. Takes Steps to Halt Economic Help to Egypt -- New York Times
U.S. says it may cut aid to Egypt, but no decision yet -- Reuters
US Reviewing Aid To Egypt -- Voice of America
Apache Helicopters to Boats for Egypt Under U.S. Review -- Bloomberg
U.S. faces dilemma over aid to Egypt amid deadly violence -- CBS
U.S. Military Aid to Egypt: An IV Drip, With Side Effects -- Mark Thompson, Time
Wickham: Aid cutoff to Egypt would do nothing -- DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
WNU Editor: Most Americans in a recent poll are against sending aid to Egypt.
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