Campaign photo of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the Egyptian Defense Minister who has resigned to run for president. Photo: El-Sisi Campaign.

New York Daily News – Egypt’s likely next president, retired military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, says ties with the United States will improve after elections next week.

He says he’s confident that a strong show of public support will prove to the Americans that Egyptians wanted his ouster of the country’s elected president, which threw relations between the two allies into their worst strains ever.

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