John Cornyn said "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." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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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.

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John Cornyn

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