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8A Daily News – Thursday, October 10, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING US cutting hundreds of millions in military, aid to Egypt WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Egypt in response to the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and the crackdown by the military-backed government on his supporters. The U.S. provides $1.5 billion in aid each year to Egypt. While the State Department did not provide a dollar amount of what was being withheld, most of it was expected to be military aid. A U.S. official said the aid being withheld included 10 Apache helicopters at a cost of about $500 million. The official provided the information only on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to comment by name. The U.S. decision to slash aid to Egypt will create new friction in Washington's already uneasy relations with the government that ousted the first democratically elected Egyptian president. And the consequences won't end there. The move will anger Persian Gulf states, push Egypt to seek assistance from U.S. rivals and upend decades of close ties with the Egyptians that that have been a bulwark of stability in the Middle East. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Wednesday that the U.S. will withhold delivery of certain large-scale military systems as well as cash assistance to the Egyptian government until ''credible progress'' is made toward an inclusive government set up through free and fair elections. 3-star Navy admiral fired as deputy chief of nuclear command WASHINGTON (AP) — The deputy commander of U.S. nuclear forces, Vice Adm. Tim Giardina, was notified Wednesday that he has been relieved of duty amid a military investigation of allegations that he used counterfeit chips at an Iowa casino, the Navy said. The move is exceedingly rare and perhaps unprecedented in the history of U.S. Strategic Command, which is responsible for all U.S. nuclear warfighting forces, including nucleararmed submarines, bombers and land-based missiles. The Navy's top spokesman, Rear Adm. John Kirby, said Giardina, who had held the job since December 2011, is being reassigned to the Navy staff pending the outcome of the probe by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which originated as a local law enforcement investigation in Iowa in June. As a consequence of being removed from his post at Strategic Command, Giardina falls in rank to two-star admiral. He had been suspended by Gen. Robert Kehler, the top commander at Strategic Command, on Sept. 3, although that move was not disclosed publicly until Sept. 28. After his suspension Giardina remained at Strategic Command but was not allowed to perform duties that required use of his security clearance. If approved as Fed chair, Yellen must confront tough challenges WASHINGTON (AP) — If she becomes the next Federal Reserve chair, the challenges that lay ahead for Janet Yellen will require both the steely intellect and the personable style that many attribute to her. The job as the world's most important banker comes with a daunting todo list: deciding when to slow the Fed's stimulus, forging consensus from a fractious policy committee and calculating the effects of any economic slowdown from Washington's budget fight. That's in addition to monitoring volatile financial markets and fine-tuning the Fed's communications. First, though, Yellen will have to get there. She will need to overcome Washington's toxic political environment and win confirmation from the Senate to succeed Ben Bernanke when his term ends Jan. 31. It's almost enough to make you wonder why she would want the job. Yellen is widely seen as a ''dove'' on Fed policy. 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