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Weldon is one of the only elected US officials inducted into the Russian Federation Academy of Sciences…]

I think we’re going to hear more about Russia & Weldon.

"More recently, a company led by a 21-year-old and a former masseur was offered a U.S. government contract worth nearly $300 million to sell ammunition to Afghanistan. The ammunition turned out to be outdated and of dubious origin and several people connected with the company have been indicted. A congressional investigation concluded that the company, which was on a State Department watch list, was able to take advantage of regulatory loopholes by using middlemen."

Curt Weldon took huge advantage of "regulatory loopholes" but managed to stay out of prison.

FROM:

WIRED

U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

Defense Solutions has proposed teaming with the Russian arms-export agency, Rosoboronexport, for several arms deals, including supplying Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan. Rosoboronexport is blacklisted by the U.S. government for allegedly violating the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act. Former congressman Curt Weldon is helping broker deals between Russian and Ukranian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part […]

Sharon Weinberger. Jul 3, 2008 12:00 PM

A film was made about it:

"Apparently, this enterprise centered around an American company (and Weldon) serving as a front for Russian arms sales to Iraq and Libya. Russia, for political and legal reasons, can't easily sell directly to Iraq. So Weldon's company buys from Russia, and sells to Iraq, keeping a little bit for themselves and my former congressmen.

Money quote:

"The administration, he acknowledged at the time, did not welcome the idea of an American company selling Russian weapons to potentially unfriendly countries. But two years later, Weldon, now a private citizen and chief strategic officer for Defense Solutions, appears to be working on precisely that sort of deal. And whether illegal or not, Defense Solutions' business represents a new phenomenon in the international arms trade business.

Curt Weldon should be proud that his international arms dealing may not be illegal.

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The official blog of the Drexel University College Democrats.

Curt Weldon, Arms Dealer?

"Still, Weldon “couldn’t help himself” when the topic of Russia came up. “He started saying, ‘Putin is not that bad. The U.S. is much worse in many ways.’ He was very cynical.” That’s when he started complaining about the peace plan’s demise, this source said.

The Ukrainian proposal has been called a “peace plan” by some, but that is a misnomer. The proposal involved unwinding Russian sanctions on favorable terms to Moscow, and the use of derogatory information against the current Ukrainian leadership.

"The reasons for the committee’s interest in Weldon are murky, but his ties to Russia are significant. Members of Congress believe, for example, that Weldon may lead to answers about why the Trump administration sought to lift sanctions on Russia in the aftermath of the 2016 election despite a public statement by intelligence agencies that the Kremlin tried to help Trump win. Weldon may also have information about the role a Russian oligarch may have played in trying to influence the Trump administration—though Weldon denied this when I asked him about it…

“In January 2017, shortly after Trump’s inauguration, Artemenko met with Cohen at a New York City hotel to discuss bringing peace to Russia and Ukraine. Also present was Felix Sater, a friend of Cohen’s and a former business partner of Trump’s. All three men confirmed to me that this meeting took place. When Artemenko pitched the peace plan, which involved lifting sanctions on Russia in exchange for Russia’s retreat from eastern Ukraine, Cohen said he would deliver it to then–National-Security adviser Michael Flynn, according to The New York Times. Artemenko told the newspaper that he had received encouragement for his peace plan from top aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Artemenko also told me that he had gotten “confirmation” that the peace plan had been left on Flynn’s desk. But Cohen walked back his story after the meeting was exposed by the Times, insisting that he had thrown the plan in the garbage. (Flynn has not responded to multiple requests for comment.

Weldon, who has known Artemenko, the Ukrainian politician, for more than a decade, was furious that The New York Times had learned about the meeting, according to a person who spoke with him at a separate gathering last March, two weeks after the story in the Times had been published. “We were so close,” Weldon complained, this source recalled. Then Weldon dropped a bombshell: “He said[he and Artemenko] had already secured funding for the promotion of the plan from Viktor Vekselberg’s fund in New York City…

Artemenko, the Ukrainian, told me that he and Weldon have known each other for more than 10 years, but tried to minimize the significance of their appearance together at an event, in February 2016, about “how Americans can promote peace and stability in Ukraine.” Last year, Weldon asked his colleague Tommy Allen, the founder of Allen Tactical Security Consultants, to vet Artemenko’s plan, Allen told me. “We were at a meeting in Washington, and Artemenko walked in because he was meeting with Curt,” Allen said. “We tried to warn him off of Artemenko, because you never know who the oligarchs are behind these guys, and the players behind the players tend to stay pretty static.” Allen said he did “not recall” Weldon ever asking anyone for money. “The individuals I know of who were providing funding were all U.S. entities.”
Fast forward to another meeting in Washington, the one in March 2017, where Weldon told my source about Vekselberg’s role in the peace plan. Only four or five people were in the room, and the gathering “had nothing do with politics—it only had to do with Curt [Weldon]’s businesses,” this source said. Still, Weldon “couldn’t help himself” when the topic of Russia came up. “He started saying, ‘Putin is not that bad. The U.S. is much worse in many ways.’ He was very cynical.” That’s when he started complaining about the peace plan’s demise, this source said.

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Senate Investigators May Have Found a Missing Piece in the Russia Probe
An ex-congressman allegedly has ties to the Trump campaign—as well as to powerful figures in Russia and Ukraine. Finding out what he knows is crucial, a top Democrat in the Senate says.
Natasha Bertrand June 7, 2018
Updated June 8, 2018 at 5:28 p.m. ET

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“For 6 years Weldon initiated and worked to develop a long term plan to create a strategy for peace on the Korean Peninsula. His development of the PNG Project was designed to build an energy pipeline from Eastern Russia at Sakhalin to supply petroleum products to South Korea along the bi-lateral rail corridor. Weldon championed this initiative in the US, Russia, South Korea, China and in North Korea on both of his visits to Pyongyang.”

https://curtweldon.net

FROM Curt Weldon Korean Initiatives

Moscow’s “turn to the East” and challenges to Russia–South Koreaeconomic collaboration under the New Northern Policy

Anthony V. Rinna

First Published June 7, 2019 Research Article

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

I can imagine how the conversation between Curt Weldon and Moammar Gadhafi would go:

Philadelphia Inquirer

Curt Weldon says he's meeting with Gadhafi today

Curt Weldon and his old buddy Moammar Gadhafi:

Conversation at Moammar’s place in Libya:

“Moamy baby, us Republicans are shutting down the US Government and the guys flying the F-16s that busted up my, I mean your, tanks won’t bother you for a while.

Meanwhile, I’ll cut you a deal on more of my Defense Solutions BTR-80 Armored Personnel Carriers and T-72 Main Battle Tanks to replace the ones F-16 jockeys busted up. I’ll throw in some MT-LB Personnel Carriers, BMP-1/2 Infantry Vehicles, and Self Propelled Howitzers to round out the deal.

Then at the same time you throw out some kind of olive branch to the treasonous bunch of criminals that went against you.

Just be sure to tell Barack and Hillary you won’t use my stuff on Libyans just the al-Qaeda guys, wink, wink. Us Republicans know who our real friends are.

When you get things calmed down in Libya and the oil starts flowing again I might have some more T-72 for you.”

U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

By Sharon Weinberger 07.03.08

“Ex-Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pennsylvania, is helping broker deals between Russian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments through his company, Defense Solutions.”

Defense Solutions, 707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 100, Exton, PA

Posted by James Pitcherella at 8:33 PM

“Weldon has an AAS Degree in Fire Protection/Risk Management, a BA in Russian Studies and Political Science, Honorary Doctorate Degrees in Public Service from Drexel, Widener, West Chester, Neuman and the Technical University of Budapest. Weldon is one of the only elected US officials inducted into the Russian Federation Academy of Sciences as well as the Eurasian Club of Economic Scientists and is a Board Member of the Dubai Royal Club. Weldon has been recognized with 100+ Awards and Commendations and is a frequent speaker at International Forums.”

FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Wayne Curtis Weldon