John Cornyn: “Is the Senator aware the very same arms merchant, Rosoboronexport, has also been documented selling weapons to Iran and…”

“Is the Senator aware the very same arms merchant, Rosoboronexport, has also been documented selling weapons to Iran and Venezuela? As a matter of fact, according to one published report, as late as 2005, Rosoboronexport sold Iran 29 Tor-M1 anti-air missile systems worth $700 million. And Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps successfully tested this anti-air missile system in 2007. It is also reported that in 2012, Russia will deliver T 72 tanks, BMP3 infantry fighting vehicles, and BTR 80A armored personnel carriers to Venezuela--just at our back yard in South America. Also, in the last 5 years in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, a dictator with strong ties to Cuba and Fidel Castro, bought $11 billion worth of arms through Rosoboronexport. I wonder if the Senator finds that surprising or alarming.”