General Says U.S. Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With Egypt

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Any concession to Mr.
Sisi by Mr.
Trump could, however, be tempered by resistance from Congress.
The first joint American and Egyptian exercise began in 1980 and was eventually expanded until it became a major biannual undertaking.
General Votel?s comments were made shortly after he met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top Egyptian military and Defense Ministry officials.
PhotoCAIRO ? The top commander of American military operations in the Middle East said during a visit here on Sunday that the United States wanted to resume a major military exercise with Egypt that President Barack Obama canceled in 2013 to protest the killings of hundreds of civilian protesters.
Egyptian Christians have been broadly supportive of Mr.
Sisi, seeing him as a bulwark against repression by Islamist extremists.