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He admitted that President Donald Trump\u2019s back-channel talks have Hijazy released were \u201csuccessful\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ny7WTxwTZTk?t=380\">watch<\/a>; runtime: 45:21). Rubio\u2019s propensity for grandstanding would make him a natural candidate the next time there\u2019s a by-election here in Egypt\u2019s House of Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio (and presidential nomination loser) had harsh words to say about Egypt on CBS\u2019s Face the Nation on Sunday, saying: \u201cIf you continue to abuse your population, there will be government instability and that breeds radicals. \u2026 My big concern in Egypt is that the way they govern that country now [&hellip;]<\/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":[7233],"tags":[2386,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-649175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egypt-in-the-news","tag-egypt-in-the-news","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"a2c15e89-1b57-4754-90ce-d6a827782823","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"8a2a5cf3-231a-4b95-a002-78ece77094e9","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[649152],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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