While Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received the red carpet treatment for his White House debut April 3, the mood was markedly cooler at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., introduced a bipartisan resolution along with four other members that takes the former military chief to task for his intolerance of dissent. The resolution notably puts Egypt on notice that US economic and military aid will remain tied to “progress on meaningful political reform, human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
