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Egyptian President El-Sisi to Visit White House
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Egypt’s president beat all other world leaders to the punch when he became the first to call Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election.
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will log another first on Monday when he becomes the first Arab head of state to visit the Trump White House. The objective, the administration has said, is to rebuild relations strained during the Obama years by Egypt’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, whose 2013 ouster from power El-Sisi led.