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In other news from the US, Politico has obtained a copy of the State Department memo that justified the release of USD 195 mn in aid to Egypt <\/strong>that former SecState Rex Tillerson had ordered frozen. \u201cFar from assuring lawmakers that Egypt is making progress on human rights, the \u2018memorandum of justification\u2019 laying out the decision amounts to a searing indictment of how Egypt\u2019s government treats its citizens \u2014 describing extrajudicial killings, unfair trials, censorship and a generally repressive atmosphere,\u201d the political news service reports<\/a>. A State Department spokesperson told Politico that while Washington has \u201cserious concerns about the human rights situation in Egypt \u2026 strengthened security cooperation with Egypt is important to U.S. national security.\u201d You can read Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s memo here (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In other news from the US, Politico has obtained a copy of the State Department memo that justified the release of USD 195 mn in aid to Egypt that former SecState Rex Tillerson had ordered frozen. \u201cFar from assuring lawmakers that Egypt is making progress on human rights, the \u2018memorandum of justification\u2019 laying out the […]<\/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":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-625072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"f3010941-16d6-40e3-b14b-caee27a80a18","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"f9b3a0e6-6ec4-408c-9996-cd14e21cb429","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[625055],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nPolitico releases Pompeo memo on unfreezing aid to Egypt - 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