By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives April 7, 2012
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“We believe it is in the interest of the United States to engage with all parties in Egypt and to continue to engage with Egypt because Egypt has been an important ally of the United States and has played a significant role in the region, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters. (KUNA). “Carney did not answer why the foreign aid was released all at once, rather than in tranches as some lawmakers had strongly lobbied for after the Egyptian government prosecuted American and international pro-democracy workers. “However, he said the Obama administration is engaging with Egypt’s new actors “to try to work with them during this historic transformation in the post-revolution era and to try to encourage them both to pursue democracy in its fullest sense as well as pursue the kind of international obligations that they’ve maintained in the past. “The United States gives Egypt USD 1.5 billion in military aid annually that must be spent on U.S. made weapons and goods, including M1A1 tanks and F-16 fighter jets. “Separately, Carney acknowledged the Obama administration, including national security officials and lawmakers met with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, saying “Anyone who has paid any attention to the post-revolution developments in Egypt (knows) that the Muslim Brotherhood will be a major player. “He defended the meeting in Washington as “the right thing to do” and said the White House will judge “all of the political actors in Egypt by their actions.”With the booty horse now out of the barn, the White House likes to point out that Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain, and other US lawmakers and officials had also met with Brotherhood representatives in Egypt and elsewhere in recent months. Consorting with the Muslim Brotherhood is wrong no matter what the political stripe. At the time of this writing, Lucianne.com was the only major website to carry the Kuwait News Agency media release.
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.