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Growing number of US lawmakers urge suspension of Egypt aid

By REUTERS

AUGUST 18, 2013 19:09

WASHINGTON - A growing bipartisan chorus of US lawmakers said on Sunday that the United States should suspend its $1.5 billion in military and economic aid to Egypt following a violent crackdown on protesters that has left nearly 800 dead.

Senator John McCain, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he now supported suspending the aid, even though he initially believed it should be continued after the Egyptian military removed democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi from office last month.

"I wanted to give (Egypt's military leaders) an opportunity to do the right thing after the coup had taken place," McCain said on CNN's "State of the Union" program. But after the crackdown, aid should be withheld, he said.

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