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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 01:19 PM
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I just don't understand...
after yesterday's cloture roll call, today we are introduced to this:

US Democrats plan bill to block Dubai-US port deal

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Democratic senators said on Friday they would introduce legislation aimed at blocking Dubai Ports World from buying a company that operates several U.S. shipping ports because of security concerns.

Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Hillary Clinton of New York said they would offer a measure to ban companies owned or controlled by foreign governments from acquiring U.S. port operations.

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-02-17T153506Z_01_N17197464_RTRIDST_0_SECURITY-CONGRESS-PORTS.XML
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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 01:48 PM
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1. Explain this legislation to me
it sounds like a bad thing to me. Am I wrong? Today was the first time I've ever heard of it, but it sounds kind of loony.
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 01:57 PM
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2. read this at Thinkprogress.org about the UAE deal
Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 01:57 PM by cry baby
to let UAE operate 6 US ports. It's a good synopsis of what is going on:http://thinkprogress.org/
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