United Arab Emirates
A bipartisan congressional group is calling for a full review of a deal, which lets Dubai Ports World, which is controlled by the United Arab Emirates, take over port operations in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia. The possibility of a nuclear weapon being detonated aboard a container ship is very real.
Bush remains opposed to anything that would block the deal and threatens his first veto of his five years in office. That means Congressional leadership would need enough votes to pass new legislation over Bush’s veto.
The President repeatedly insists the United Arab Emirates is one of this country's closest allies on the global war on terror. However, in the U.N. General Assembly, the Emirates support of U.S. positions ranks near the bottom, 176 out of 189 countries. On major issues, like nuclear proliferation, the UAE ranks lower than Iran, Sudan and North Korea.
Bush's family and friends have long-standing business connections with the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates is a major investor in The Carlyle Group, the private equity investment firm, where Bush's father once served as senior adviser. Dubai International Capital, a government-backed firm, recently invested $8 billion in the Carlyle fund.
Treasury Secretary Snow was chairman of the railroad company CSX. After Snow left the company, CSX sold its international port operations to Dubai Ports World for more than a billion dollars.
Bush chose a Dubai Ports World executive to head our country’s Maritime Administration. David Sanborn, the former director of Dubai Ports' European and Latin American operations, was selected to lead the agency that oversees our port operations.
The United Arab Emirates employs high-powered lobbying connections and has gone on a hiring spree to insure that this deal goes through. Records filed with the Department of Justices Foreign Registration Office show the Emirates paid at least four lobbying firms more than $720,000 last year.
The Bush regime provides us with the best government money can buy.
Bush remains opposed to anything that would block the deal and threatens his first veto of his five years in office. That means Congressional leadership would need enough votes to pass new legislation over Bush’s veto.
The President repeatedly insists the United Arab Emirates is one of this country's closest allies on the global war on terror. However, in the U.N. General Assembly, the Emirates support of U.S. positions ranks near the bottom, 176 out of 189 countries. On major issues, like nuclear proliferation, the UAE ranks lower than Iran, Sudan and North Korea.
Bush's family and friends have long-standing business connections with the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates is a major investor in The Carlyle Group, the private equity investment firm, where Bush's father once served as senior adviser. Dubai International Capital, a government-backed firm, recently invested $8 billion in the Carlyle fund.
Treasury Secretary Snow was chairman of the railroad company CSX. After Snow left the company, CSX sold its international port operations to Dubai Ports World for more than a billion dollars.
Bush chose a Dubai Ports World executive to head our country’s Maritime Administration. David Sanborn, the former director of Dubai Ports' European and Latin American operations, was selected to lead the agency that oversees our port operations.
The United Arab Emirates employs high-powered lobbying connections and has gone on a hiring spree to insure that this deal goes through. Records filed with the Department of Justices Foreign Registration Office show the Emirates paid at least four lobbying firms more than $720,000 last year.
The Bush regime provides us with the best government money can buy.
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