Editing Foreign relations of Egypt (section)

===Post-Mubarak relations with U.S.===
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On January 21, 2012, the [[United States Secretary of Transportation|U.S. Secretary of Transportation]] [[Ray LaHood]]'s son, Sam, was detained by the Egyptian government and not allowed to leave the country as part of a politically charged criminal investigation by the Egyptian government into the activities of [[Non-governmental organization|non-governmental organizations (NGOs)]] monitoring local elections in Egypt. LaHood's son is the Egypt director of the [[International Republican Institute]]. The Egyptian government has detained twelve NGO representatives from leaving Egypt.<ref>{{cite news |title=As Tensions Rise, Egypt Bars Exit of Six Americans |author=Steven Myers and David Kirkpatrick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/world/middleeast/egypt-bars-son-of-ray-lahood-from-leaving.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/world/middleeast/egypt-bars-son-of-ray-lahood-from-leaving.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 26, 2012 |access-date=26 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On February 5, 2012, Egyptian authorities charged LaHood's son and 42 other individuals with "spending money from organizations that were operating in Egypt without a license." Nineteen Americans are part of the 42 charged. The U.S. government has made it clear that $1.5 billion in U.S. aid to Egypt could be withheld if the investigation is not finished quickly. Faiza Abu Naga, [[Ministry of International Cooperation (Egypt)|Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation]], is seen as the person pushing the investigation forward, straining U.S. and Egypt relations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Londoño, Ernesto and William Wan |title=Egypt to prosecute Americans in NGO probe; Sam LaHood among those facing criminal charges|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-to-prosecute-americans-in-ngo-probe/2012/02/05/gIQAQRderQ_story.html?tid=pm_pop |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=5 February 2012 |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref>

On 7 October 2020, in line with [[Egypt]]'s Vision 2030, [[US Agency for International Development]] (USAID) and [[Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation|Egypt's Ministry of International Cooperation]] signed an agreement to add $22.8 million to the five-year Inclusive Economic Governance bilateral assistance agreement. The funding was intended to improve the investment environment and empower women to join the labor force.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eg.usembassy.gov/united-states-commits-nearly-23-million-to-support-economic-governance-and-womens-empowerment-in-egypt/|title=United States Commits Nearly $23 million to Support Economic Governance and Women's Empowerment in Egypt|access-date=7 October 2020|website=US Embassy in Egypt|date=7 October 2020}}</ref>
* Egypt has an embassy in [[Washington, DC]] and consulates-general in [[Chicago]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.egyptembassy.net| title = Embassy of Egypt in Washington, DC}}</ref>
* United States has an embassy in Cairo.<ref>[http://egypt.usembassy.gov Embassy of the United States in Cairo (in Arabic and English)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307001551/http://egypt.usembassy.gov/ |date=2015-03-07 }}</ref>
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