The United States cancelled a joint military exercise with Egypt Thursday, as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sounded alarms about the two nations’ military ties. President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States “strongly condemns” the interim Egyptian government’s bloody crackdown on protesters loyal to outset President Mohammed Morsi, more than 500 of whom died on Wednesday. In an address from Martha’s Vineyard, Obama said “while we want to sustain our relationship with Egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as…
