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Russian Firm With Syrian Ties Targeted In House Bill

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

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A leading defense budget-writer is crafting a plan to stop the U.S. government from doing business with a Russian firm that has supplied arms to the Syrian government. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), the third-ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D), said he plans to propose an amendment to the fiscal year 2013 defense appropriations bill to bar the Pentagon from contracting with Rosoboronexport. The Russian state-controlled exporting firm has provided aircraft to Syria as well as the United States. The…

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