Senior U.S. lawmaker blocks aid for Egyptian military | Reuters
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U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Tuesday he would not approve sending funds to the Egyptian military, denouncing a “sham trial” in which a court sentenced 683 people to death.
The decision by Leahy, the longest-serving U.S. senator and an influential foreign policy voice, could further complicate the Obama administration’s difficult relationship with Egypt, one of Washington’s most important strategic allies in the Middle East.
