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The slaughter of civilians and not the nation supplies helicopters. >> frankly, the type of airframe is immaterial. they are using helicopter gunship against their own people is intolerable, unacceptable. >> the defense department justified existing deal to buy russian helicopters for afghan airport. >> the mi-17 helicopter from our vantage point is about afghanistan. it's about equipping the afghan air force with what they need to ensure they have a capability from air stand point to defend themselves. >> russian government says it's not violating international law. so far, the international ...

Saying, well, the u.s. has supplied weapons that could be used against demonstrators in other dmournts the region. >> we made it clear what is happening in syria is wreckless, brutal, despicable, and wrong and the assad regime needs to go. the secretary of defense has said that. the president has said that. secretary clinton has said that. when it comes to this issue of the helicopters, we understand that there are concerns about that. but this issue is really about afghanistan. afghanistan needs the helicopters that it can support and maintain in order to protect the security of their own cou...

We told you at the top of the show that secretary of state hillary clinton said yesterday, russia is supplying syria with attack helicopters. though russia claims the export of those helicopters to syria has nothing to do with the conflict in the region in the civil war there. secretary clinton characterized that response by russia as quote, patently untrue. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the u.s. army has a $375 million no-bid contract with russia's state-run arms trader to provide 21 mi-17 helicopters to afghanistan. the senate armed service committee estimates the u.s. ...

U.s. could do is end the own deal, the own arms deal with the same company, russian company that is supplying the helicopters. the united states is buying some helicopters for afghanistan. >> bret: 21 helicopters for $375 million. >> correct. >> bret: from the russians. >> the one step obvious step that could be taken is to say listen, we are not going through with our deal if you supply the same weapons or any weaponry to the syrian regime we consider totally to be unscrupulous. >> bret: isn't it nuts that we are buying mi-17 helicopters from the russians for afghanistan? >> no. the idea is d...

the world. >> we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence development at all levels of society. >> it is worth noting that the yemeni recipient is the first arab woman to receive the nobel peace prize. well, no formal ceremony by u.s. troops in afghanistan today to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. the conflict is the longest in u.s. history. more than 2,700 coalition forces have been killed over the decade. 1,780 of them, americans. pakistan may charge a doctor with high treason because he helped ...