A move in the House to amend the constitution is driving the conversation on Egypt this morning. Coming in at a close second: The death or injury of 15 troops in a terror attack in North Sinai and the nation’s human rights record. We have chapter and verse on the constitution in Speed Round, above.

On the human rights front: Human Rights Watch issued a statement calling for an independent inquiry into the use of torture in Egypt after the Egyptian Prosecutor General found 20 cases of torture published by HRW in 2017 to be “untrue.” Freedom House’s 2018 annual report ranked Egypt among the world’s least free countries citing, hardened political repression. Amnesty International is calling for prison officials to lift restrictions on family visits, and an Egyptian-American citizen imprisoned in 2013 is on hunger strike and in poor health, reports ABC News.

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