Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid To Egypt, Patrick Leahy Says

Senator: Obama Secretly Suspended Aid To Egypt
US President Barack Obama speaks to injured veterans at the Disabled American Veterans National Convention in Orlando, Florida, August 10, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama speaks to injured veterans at the Disabled American Veterans National Convention in Orlando, Florida, August 10, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

The U.S. government has decided privately to act as if the military takeover of Egypt was a coup, temporarily suspending most forms of military aid, despite deciding not to announce publicly a coup determination one way or the other, according to a leading U.S. senator.

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