Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Index / People Transcripts Michael Kassen ...that people say that [Abdel Fattah al-] Sisi 's biggest concern is making sure tha... Derek Chollet ...of the communication with Abdel Fattah Sisi . What was your vantage point on that... ...good job, losing control. So Sisi , who was the chief of defense... ...in the Egyptian military. So when al- Sisi comes in to office as the chief o... ...he had formed a relationship with al- Sisi , and al-Sisi was his counterpart... ...a relationship with al-Sisi, and al- Sisi was his counterpart. Because of th... ...was. Hagel was extremely blunt with al- Sisi on various calls about the potentia... ...to the US-Egypt relationship if al- Sisi used the military to bring about ... ...change of regime in Egypt. I think al- Sisi heard that message. At one point h... Show more... Jeffrey Feltman ...weighing heavily on [Abdel Fattah al-] Sisi all the time, that he knows the arm... Daniel Russel ...coup in Egypt by [Abdel Fattah] al- Sisi . Complicated situation, but m... Chuck Hagel ...the Middle East—when [Abdel Fattah al-] Sisi overthrew [Mohamed] Morsi in Egypt. ... ...and I had met with both Morsi and Sisi , and I got to know Sisi. I was th... ...both Morsi and Sisi, and I got to know Sisi . I was the only one in th... ...the only one in the administration that Sisi would talk to. I talked to him, mor... William Taylor ...and 2013, and then [Abdel Fattah] al- Sisi , leading the military, topples him i... ...assistance to the military and el- Sisi . But the law was clear. If there's ... Michael Posner ...and the coup by [Abdel Fattah al-] Sisi and the military put an end to that... Anne Patterson ...can talk about [Abdel Fattah] al- Sisi later—but the military realized the... ...they got rid of [Mohamed] Morsi. If al- Sisi goes, it'll be by the military. Again... ...that happened is that I met with al- Sisi . When I went back with [John] Kerry i... ...times. That sounded like a lot, but al- Sisi , then head of intelligence, wa... ...at this time, our friend General al- Sisi had extremely cleverly maneuvered ou... ...of the army essentially. General al- Sisi was like third down, and goes to Morsi... ...cast on things, because General al- Sisi was a smart guy. He was a ruthless gu... ...the people had been calling General al- Sisi for weeks beforehand, Chuck Hagel an... ...a lot more comfortable with General al- Sisi than they ever felt with Mohamed Morsi... ...to ask was you had mentioned that al- Sisi 's brutality surprised you later on. ... Show more... Samantha Power ...would bring [Abdel Fattah] al- Sisi to power, Egypt's current dictator... ...winners. Take Egypt under al- Sisi , for example. A belief that the Musli... Kenneth Roth ...the military coup by [Abdel Fattah al-] Sisi , as progress. That was a bad misstep... ...a bad misstep, because, in fact, the Sisi government has plunged Egypt into th... ...from the Cairo University speech to the Sisi coup, that's a pretty poo... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the East Wing East Wing