No Confidence Vote at AUC President Ricciardone Following Pompeo’s Cairo Speech

Posted: 3:00 am EST

Secretary Pompeo delivered his A Force for Good: America Reinvigorated in the Middle East remarks at the American University in Cairo (AUC) in Egypt on January 10, 2019. AUC President Francis Ricciardone who is a former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Turkey and the Philippines and Palau and Pompeo’s host is now embroiled in a no confidence vote following the Pompeo visit.  The AUC Caravan reports that AUC Senate voted by a majority of 80 percent in favor of a declaration of no confidence in AUC President Francis Ricciardone during a special session on February 5.