House Terror Task Force Chair: Obama Has ‘Abandoned’ Egypt

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare tells Breitbart News that America’s longtime ally Egypt is turning to Russia for military assistance because the Obama administration has “abandoned” the North African country.

 
Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC), the chairman, spoke to Breitbart News after his recent meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

 

The North Carolina congressman indicated that Sisi has been denied military assistance requested to combat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) threat in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.

 

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