FILE - In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt's Defense Minister salutes during an arrival ceremony for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt. On Saturday, March, 8, 2014 interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour issued a law regulating the upcoming election, which is expected to be held by the end of April. As he nears announcing a run for Egypt’s presidency, El-Sissi has been focusing on preparing an economic program, senior generals and government officials say, demonstrating the wariness within the military over the scale of problems facing the country. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool, File)
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