A delegation of Egyptian military officials canceled a series of high-level meetings in Washington Monday amid a growing dispute over Egypt’s decision to try 19 Americans on charges connected to foreign funding of non-governmental organizations. The United States is now threatening to withhold $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt.

Jay Carney, White House press secretary: “These actions could have consequences for our relationship, and including our assistance programs, but I don’t want to speculate about what actions might precipitate a response on our part along those lines, except to say that we take this very seriously. But it’s important to remember that these institutions have been over there for a number of years — they’re all over the country promoting democracy — and that the individuals here have done nothing wrong.”