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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris_ on June 07, 2013, 09:13:10 AM

Title: Kerry Skirts Law Put in Place by Congress, Sends Egypt $1.3 Billion Gift
Post by: Chris_ on June 07, 2013, 09:13:10 AM

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Kerry Quietly Skirts Law Put in Place by Congress, Sends Muslim Brotherhood-Controlled Egypt $1.3 Billion Gift

Secretary of State John Kerry last month secretly sent $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Muslim Brotherhood-controlled Egypt, waiving the restrictions put in place by Congress to withhold such aid unless the country could meet certain democracy standards.

“Under U.S. law, for the $1.3 billion to flow the secretary of state must certify that the Egyptian government ‘is supporting the transition to civilian government, including holding free and fair elections, implementing policies to protect freedom of expression, association and religion, and due process of law’,” Reuters reports.

“A strong U.S. security partnership with Egypt, underpinned by FMF (Foreign Military Financing), maintains a channel to Egyptian military leadership, who are key opinion makers in the country,” Kerry wrote in the memo.

“A decision to waive restrictions on FMF to Egypt is necessary to uphold these interests as we encourage Egypt to continue its transition to democracy,” he continued.

The Blaze (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/07/john-kerry-quietly-waives-law-put-in-place-by-congress-sends-muslim-brotherhood-controlled-egypt-1-3-billion-gift/)

So now the executive branch can arbitrarily ignore whatever laws they deem "inconvenient"?  Is that how the system works now?

Title: Re: Kerry Skirts Law Put in Place by Congress, Sends Egypt $1.3 Billion Gift
Post by: CG6468 on June 07, 2013, 09:23:34 AM

This has been happening since before Kissinger was "securing peace."