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By Holly Yan
President Obama said Thursday that the United States believes the Egyptian government’s “state of emergency should be lifted” and a process of reconciliation must begin. The president also condemned the violence against civilians and announced the U.S. is canceling next month’s joint U.S.-Egyptian military exercises.
Billions in aid on the line: What will the U.S. do about Egypt?
When Egypt’s first democratically elected president was tossed out earlier this year, the White House stopped short of calling it a coup.
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