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The US State Department has approved a potential USD 554 mn military sale for Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) for various ships to Egypt, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said<\/a>. \u201cThe proposed sale is essential to maintain Egypt\u2019s national security, regional stability, and the [unobstructed] flow of worldwide commerce via the Suez Canal,\u201d the DSCA said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US State Department has approved a potential USD 554 mn military sale for Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) for various ships to Egypt, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said. \u201cThe proposed sale is essential to maintain Egypt\u2019s national security, regional stability, and the [unobstructed] flow of worldwide commerce via the Suez Canal,\u201d the DSCA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9334],"tags":[72,622,320,117],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-595651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-security","tag-enterpriseam","tag-national-security","tag-security","tag-us","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"3563fa19-5e2c-45b1-9065-c5237adc336e","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[595616],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nUS State Department approves potential USD 554 mn military sale to Egypt - 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