Four F-16 fighter jets have left the U.S. for Egypt as part of a foreign aid package critics say should have been scrapped when the nation elected Mohammed Morsi a president who has called President Obama a liar and urged that hatred of Jews be instilled in children. Sixteen F-16s and 200 Abrams tanks are to be given to the Egyptian government before the end of the year under a foreign aid deal signed in 2010 with then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a longtime U.S. ally.
Critics, including several in Congress, say it doesn't make sense to follow through with the package, Read more.
Critics, including several in Congress, say it doesn't make sense to follow through with the package, Read more.
