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GAO Questions Controversial Russian Helo Deal

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

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Government auditors are questioning an argument--regarding decreased risk of having counterfeit parts--in favor of the Pentagon buying helicopters from a controversial Russian firm. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report recently on its review of the Pentagon’s purchase of Mi-17 helicopters, for use by the Afghan military, through Russia’s Rosoboronexport. The Russian state-controlled arms exporting company has been criticized for supplying arms to Syria that the embattled government turned on its own civilians. U.S. lawmakers including Sen. John Cornyn…

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