US opts not to define Egypt ouster as a coup

July 26, 2013 09:12

The Obama administration will not make a formal determination as to whether the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy by the military was a coup, a senior administration official told CNN's Jill Dougherty on Thursday.

A coup determination would force the United States to end military aid to Egypt. "The law does not require us to make a formal determination as to whether a coup took place and it is not in our national interest to make such a determination," the official said on condition of anonymity.

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