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Clinton OKs $1.3B in military aid to Egypt
UPI ^ | March 24, 2012
Posted on March 24, 2012 11:07:03 PM EDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton approved $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt, waiving congressionally mandated democratic reform conditions.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Clinton waived the conditions based on U.S. national security interests and a goal of maintaining a strategic partnership with Egypt, Voice of America reported Friday.
"What we are looking to do here is to continue to work with Egyptian partners on the kind of future that they want for Egypt and that is in our mutual interest," Nuland said.
Under a law passed by Congress in December, Egypt's military rulers are required to support a transition to a civilian government, hold free and fair elections and protect freedom of religion and association as conditions for receiving the aid.
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Remember when the left complained about Bush's 'Imperial Presidency'? Looks like their man Obama is Bush after his gh15 mutation.
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Remember when the left complained about Bush's 'Imperial Presidency'? Looks like their man Obama is Bush after his gh15 mutation.
resigned my RNC membership in 2005. Am still in daily fights w Lib friends over their support of Obama for doing TJE same shit they attacked bush over.
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Obama Bypasses Congress, Gives $1.5 Billion to Muslim Brotherhood
Big Peace ^ | 3/21/12 | AWR Hawkins
Posted on March 21, 2012 9:04:50 PM EDT by Nachum
During a trip through Colorado in December of last year, President Obama spoke of his intention to implement his economic policies with or without the approval of Congress. Said Obama, “And where Congress is not willing to act, we’re going to go ahead and do it ourselves.” It now appears that such a mindset applies not only to economic matters but to the distribution of foreign aid as well--in particular, foreign military aid for the Muslim Brotherhood, who now hold the reigns in Egypt. Congress has restricted and, in fact, halted military aid to Egypt until
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resigned my RNC membership in 2005. Am still in daily fights w Lib friends over their support of Obama for doing TJE same shit they attacked bush over.
lol, it's always "different" when they do it.
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lol, it's always "different" when they do it.
They have sold their souls to this tyrant.
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Epic, lets give funds to a government that openly hates us and bullies us by threatening to attack our "friends". Not to mention bypassing congress like they dont even fucking matter anymore.
Epic foreign policy failure.
Whoever was behind this decision, you suck.
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They're hellbent on trying to work around the ban Congress put on funding to UNESCO a few months ago, too.
Why is anyone surprised? This regime has made it clear that the Constitution means nothing to them.
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They're hellbent on trying to work around the ban Congress put on funding to UNESCO a few months ago, too.
Why is anyone surprised? This regime has made it clear that the Constitution means nothing to them.
And the piece of garbage boehner, cantor, mcconnell wet al do nothing.
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