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It\u2019s another mixed bag of nuts for Egypt in the foreign press this morning. American socialist magazine Jacobin (a fringe publication) suggests the preliminary approval of an arms sale to Egypt is evidence the Biden administration is walking back on its vow to take a hard line on Egypt over human rights concerns. 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