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Monday, August 19, 2013

New Restrictions Weighed For U.S. Aid To Egypt

Lawmakers on Sunday sharply differed over how the United States should respond to the latest round of violence in Egypt that left hundreds of civilians dead and thousands injured during last week's crackdown by a ruling military that is still being aided by the U.S.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a leading voice in Congress on foreign affairs, called on the Obama administration to cut off $1.3 billion in annual aid to Egypt, saying the administration's reluctance to do so has weakened U.S. credibility there.

"For us to sit by and watch this happen is a violation of everything that we stood for," said McCain, said on CNN's "State of the Union." "When we threaten something... and then not do it, then you lose your credibility and your influence."

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

NOW, we should be aiding them to remove Muslim Brotherhood fanatics and radicals.
Obama gets it wrong every time.
(at least he's consistent)

Anonymous said...

Screw egypt. They made their bed, they can lay in it.

Anonymous said...

Not helping them is the best answer they don't do a thing for us and a lot of them hates the US so let them try living by themselves without interference. Only help if they start attacking the US.

Anonymous said...

Anything to divert attention away from our own country's problems.While we implode,everyone is saying "oh my god,look whats happening in Egypt".We have a worse problem here in the US,but the fact that it's spread out over so many cities and so much area makes it appear less serious.