Morsi forces high ranking military leaders into retirement

In a move seen as his way of reasserting power claimed by the military before he took office last June, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi forced two high ranking Egyptian defense officials into retirement Sunday. In a televised announcement, a spokesperson for Morsi announced that Defense Minister Mohammed Hussein and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Sami Anan were “sent to retirement.” Both men were appointed Presidential Advisers and were awarded medals but many believe it was the Morsi’s way of asserting his authority over the government. The Egpytian military was in control of Egypt since the revolution that toppled the government of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, up until Morsi’s election. 

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