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On the recordMarch 5, 2012
General Ham, you note that many Manportable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) disappeared from unsecured storage sites in Libya during the conflict last year and could potentially be trafficked to extremist groups.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn highlights the risk of MANPADS falling into terrorist hands post-Libya conflict.

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