Sen John McCain calls for suspension of Aid to Egypt

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain is calling on President Obama to suspend aid to Egypt after its military overthrew the country’s government. 

McCain, a member of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday called for the United States to suspend its $1.5 billion in annual aid, based on long-standing federal law that prohibits the U.S. from giving aid to countries in which a military coup overthrows a democratically elected government. 

“We cannot repeat the same mistakes that we made at other times in our history by supporting the removal of freely elected governments,” McCain said during a public event in Prescott, Ariz. 

The demonstrations in Egypt started in late June, and on Wednesday the military removed President Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party who was elected in June 2012.

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Here is McCain on CBS's 'Face the Nation':



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Read Section 508 of the Foreign Assistance Act about 'MILITARY COUPS'

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