As the sentence of the three Al Jazeera journalists was read today, one of the three journalists, Mohamed Fahmy, yelled out: “Where’s John Kerry?” — a reference to the secretary of state’s surprise visit to Egypt just one day before. Kerry was in Cairo to help restore U.S. ties with the Egyptian government nearly one year after a military coup. Kerry held talks with new President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former Egyptian general who led the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi last July. The Obama administration partially suspended aid to Egypt but has avoided a full cutoff by refusing to deem Morsi’s ouster a “coup.” At a news conference in Cairo, Kerry said he expects a full resumption of U.S. military aid in the coming months, beginning with around $575 million already released in the last 10 days. Kerry said Egypt will soon receive a long-delayed shipment of military helicopters.

Secretary of State John Kerry: “Those Apaches are focused on the issue of terrorism, and they will be used in a place where Egypt has been working very, very hard, in concert with Israel and others and with us, in order to push back against these terrorist activities.”