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Senior Senate Democrat threatens to block military aid to Egypt on human rights grounds

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) speaks at a committee meeting after assuming the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington
September 30, 2023
Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Saturday that he would block military aid to Egypt if it does not take "concrete, meaningful and sustainable steps" to improve human rights in the country.

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