68 House Republicans broke ranks with their party to support the new ant-terrorism measures, while the rest voted against it. These are the recommendations of the 9/11 commission. Why do so many of these Republicans want our ports open for terrorists and our nation put in harms way? Perhaps Osama is lobbying them.
Dubai has quit its bid for the ports deal. The following is appearing on CNN’s home page: Dubai Ports World has agreed to turn over all of its operations at U.S. ports to a United States entity, said Sen. John Warner, reading a statement from DP World. He said the reason is “to preserve” the […]
Republican congressional leaders told President Bush Thursday the House and Senate both appear ready to block a Dubai-owned company from taking over operations at several U.S. ports, GOP officials said.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was not aware a Dubai-owned company was seeking to operate terminals in six U.S. ports and that his agency was leading the review until after the deal’s approval, an administration official said yesterday. Mr. Chertoff’s spokesman, Russ Knocke, told The Washington Times the issue rose no higher than the department’s […]
Talk about summing it all up in one excellent post. Aravosis just hit the grand slam on how America is feeling about this crap move by Bush to sell out our ports.
Handing over the ports to Dubai would have an impact on the military. What is interesting is the fact that Rumsfeld and Pace were not consulted on this decision. Check out Think Progress for the details