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The Need for Human Rights

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Statements

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Our Country Knows from Experience that Radicalization Occurs in Environments in Which an Authoritarian Ruler Suppresses the Populations Democratic Aspirations for Self-Government Seriously Represses Its Rights and Poorly Managers an Economy That Has a Lack of Good-Paying Jobs Especially for Young People all of these Elements Exist in Cc's Egypt Today Surely Egypt Can Find a Way To Address this Legitimate Concerns while Ensuring both the Rule of Law and Human Rights Are Respected Indeed this Is in the Interests of both the Us and Egypt as Its Stability and Leadership Is Important for a Secure and Stable Middle East

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Mr Andrew Miller Deputy Director for Policy at the Project on the Middle East and Democracy

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The Condemnation of the Military Coup and Threats To Cut Us Military Aid to the Country Have Led to Growing and Tagging in Cairo in Turn Egypt Has Shown an Unwillingness To Cooperate on Regional Security Challenges Such as Joining the Fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Pursued an Independent Policy in Libya Deepened Its Military and Economic Ties to the Russian Federation Port Pursued a Scorched-Earth Strategy To Wipe Out the Islamic States Affiliate in Sinai Crackdown on all Forms of Dissent in the Country Stifling Civil Society and any Independent Media Engaged in Appalling Human Rights Abuses Continued To Attempt To Undercut Us Resolutions in the United Nations

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Developments in Egypt's Political Scene

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Why Should the United States Care if Sisi Paves the Way to Remaining President for Life

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The First Key Characteristic of Egypt Today Is that the Country Is No Longer as Important to Us Interests as It Once Was due both to Its Own Internal Decline and the Growing Influence of Wealthy Gulf States Egypt Has Ceased To Be a Regional Power Egypt Still Matters to the Us

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Egypt Is a Very Difficult Partner for the United States

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Second Recommendation Is that Congress Should Reduce Military Assistance to 1 Billion Dollars as Proposed in the Senate Appropriations Committee Markup Egypt

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.the Risks of Imposing Human Rights Conditionality and Reducing Military Aid Are Often Exaggerated the Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty Is No Longer Dependent on Us Aid or Mediation Egypt Will Not Abandon the Us in Favor of Russia or China and Cutting this Aid Will Not Degrade the Capabilities of an Egyptian Military That Needs Better Training Not More Weapons if these Steps Are Taken the Us Will Be in a Stronger Position To Persuade Cc's Government To Open Up Political Space Reform Egypt's Military Doctrine and Address Radicalization at the Very

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Your Thoughts on the Us Government's Response to these Human Rights Abuses in Egypt

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Subcommittee Hearing: Egypt: Security, Human Rights, and Reform (EventID=108598)
Follow @HouseForeign Subcommittee Hearing: Egypt: Security, Human Rights, and Reform Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman 07.24.2018 2:00pm 2172 Rayburn More info: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hear...

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