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Hagel: No U.S. Plans to Cut Off Egypt Military Aid Yet
(AFP-Defense News) Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told BBC on Wednesday that he opposes cutting off U.S. military aid to Egypt, but vowed Washington would keep pressing for "reconciliation" in the country. "We've had strong partnerships with Egypt for many years starting with the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that the U.S. brokered in 1979....Egypt has played a responsible part of that, been a very responsible partner....We would not want to see the disintegration of a relationship with a large, important country like Egypt." "You can't go in and impose. It's up to the Egyptian people what kind of future they want and what kind of government they want."