Why Cairo? The answer is simple, says Denis McDonough, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications. "Egypt is a longtime strategic ally of the United States," he says. "It's a key country in the Arab and Muslim world … with a burgeoning younger population that the president looks very much forward to engaging."Read the rest or listen at NPR.
Obama's set to give his speech Thursday. He'll be dining with King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia tomorrow. Here's the rest of the plan (read more here):
July 6-8: Obama will be in Russia meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
July 8-10: Obama will attend the G8 in Italy (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States).
July 10-11: Obama will visit Ghana
