My view is that there is absolutely no justification for the purchase of Russian helicopters, when there are no Afghan pilots trained to fly them.
Richard Blumenthal: “My view is that there is absolutely no justification for the purchase of Russian helicopters, when there are no Afghan…”
On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
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Blumenthal criticizes the purchase of Russian helicopters for Afghanistan due to lack of trained personnel.
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