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US to reprogram military aid to Egypt over rights record, lawmakers say

A spokesperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee told Al-Monitor that the State Department will reprogram the aid.
An Egyptian military tank is deployed in the northern Sinai town of Al-Arish on July 16, 2013.

The Biden administration will reprogram a portion of Egypt’s annual military assistance held up over human rights concerns, congressional sources said Friday. 

"We can confirm the State Department will be reprogramming $130 million of [foreign military financing] tied to certain human rights criteria as outlined last year that have not been fully met by Egypt," a spokesperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee told Al-Monitor. 

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