The Defense Department has decided to halt its plans to purchase additional Mi-17 helicopters from Rosoboronexport, a controversial Russian arms dealer with ties to President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, according to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). “I applaud the Defense Department’s decision to finally cancel its plan to buy additional helicopters from Rosoboronexport,” Cornyn said in a statement today. “Doing business with the supplier of these helicopters has been a morally bankrupt policy, and as a nation, we should no...
