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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Mar 22, 2012, 03:46 PM Mar 2012

US To OK Egypt Aid Despite Congressional Concerns

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(03-22) 12:37 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

A top Senate Democrat says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will use her waiver authority to release at least a portion of $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, who wrote the section of the law imposing conditions on the aid, said he was disappointed in the decision, which he learned from the State Department on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/22/national/w123753D34.DTL

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US To OK Egypt Aid Despite Congressional Concerns (Original Post) Purveyor Mar 2012 OP

Im a little confused. Muskypundit Mar 2012 #1

No. We did it to prevent major destabilizing unrest no matter who is in power. aquart Mar 2012 #2

Muskypundit

(717 posts)

1. Im a little confused.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 04:27 PM

Mar 2012

Didn't we only give aid to Egypt to keep our puppet in power?

aquart

(69,014 posts)

2. No. We did it to prevent major destabilizing unrest no matter who is in power.

Reply to Muskypundit (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 04:32 PM

Mar 2012

As always, international relations are a little more complicated than snide assumptions and banner headlines.

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