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Durbin: U.S. Shouldn’t Buy Weapons From Same Arms Manufacturer That Is Arming Assad | Sen.Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke out yesterday against the U.S. military’s plan to purchase tens of millions of dollars’ worth of helicopters for the Afghan army from a Russian state-sponsored arms manufacturer, Rosaborenexport, that also counts Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria as a client. “We are, in fact, doing business with the very same company and country that is subsidizing the massacre in Syria,” said Durbin. Durbin, who delivered the remarks on the Senate floor, urged the Department of Defense to give the helicopter contracts to an American company instead.