Kerry: Egypt to Get Apaches – Roll Call

Kerry: Egypt to Get Apaches

By Chris Riback

Posted June 23, 2014 at 5:15am

Agence France-Presse reports that “U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he was ‘confident’ Egypt will receive Apache gunships soon, as he made a surprise visit to Cairo.”

Kerry became the highest-ranking American official to visit Egypt since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power after overwhelmingly winning an election in May.”

“’The Apaches will come and they will come very, very soon,’ Kerry said at a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri.”

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