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Lawmaker warns: Some NATO allies still using Russian equipment

By Joel Gehrke
Published June 15, 2017 5:06pm ET
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Lawmaker warns: Some NATO allies still using Russian equipment
"We have not weaned them off," Rep. Paul Cook, a retired Marine Corps colonel, said of those countries during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) | Jose Luis Magana

A House Republican lawmaker said Thursday that some members of the NATO alliance are still dependent on Russia for military equipment for their air and ground forces, which is makes it harder for the U.S. to count on them as allies.

“We have not weaned them off,” Rep. Paul Cook, a retired Marine Corps colonel, said of those countries during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing.

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