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September 14, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/usa-obama-egypt-idINL1E8KD57Q20120913

Obama: Egypt Neither Enemy Nor Ally

(Reuters) Margaret Chadbourn - Asked about Egypt, President Barack Obama told Telemundo, a Spanish-language TV network, on Wednesday: "I don't think that we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy." His comments reflected deepened U.S. wariness over Egypt's new Islamist president Mohamed Morsi - who took office in June - in the aftermath of the Cairo embassy assault. The U.S. was a close ally of Egypt under ousted President Hosni Mubarak and gives $1.3 billion in military aid a year to Egypt plus other assistance. On Thursday the White House said Obama had spoken with the presidents of Egypt and Libya to discuss the violence against U.S. diplomatic compounds.

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