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Gerry Connolly: “The military coup in July 2013 and the subsequent brutal crackdown against dissidents was a clear message to the United…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2014
The military coup in July 2013 and the subsequent brutal crackdown against dissidents was a clear message to the United States that the democratic transition in Egypt was all but over.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly describes the military coup as a signal that democracy in Egypt has failed.

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