Pres. Obama to address situation in Egypt
Source: cf news13.com ?
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) --
President Barack Obama will make his first statement on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Egypt Thursday morning.
Obama will speak to reporters from Martha's Vineyard, the Massachusetts island where he is on a weeklong vacation.
More than 500 people have died in Egypt since Wednesday in clashes between the military-backed interim government and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The violence prompted the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency and a nighttime curfew.
The U.S. has not declared Morsi's ouster a coup, a move that would require the Obama administration to suspend $1.3 billion in annual military aid.
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I picked this up from UK tv news and link was a convenient one.
UK reporting that most of the US media are all over yesterday's speech by a gopher and the almost as lame follow up by Kerry.
Today's speech by Obama is expected to be recorded with no follow up Q's and A's.
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I'm not going to say what I expect though...
