The United States has given billion dollars of military aid to Egypt over the last decades. Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Electric have provided tanks, missiles, engines and more to the Hosni Mubarak regime. Following the massive popular uprising, U.S. foreign aid continues to flow to Egypt, although the Obama administration has placed the program under review.
To explore the issue, Democracy Now! speaks with William Hartung, Director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation and author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. Also interviewed is Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab Politics at Georgetown University.
For Democracy Now!'s complete coverage of the Egyptian protests, click here. Join us on Facebook.
Follow Democracy Now! on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@democracynow
Loading comments… 
