Well if I put my house on the market and the highest bidder is a Muslim and I refuse to sell to him. I wonder what the government will do to me? Do you suggest that all current contracts with foriegn ownership of terminal berths be canceled, those terminals shut down and those Longshoremen layed off until an American stevedore company can buy the contracts?
Is this guy up for re-election?
America's new can't do motto. We can't do anything for ourselves.
"To those who say my views smack of protectionism, I say: America is worth protecting."
That line of Hunter's is so lame. Did his staff spend a week coming up with it. I guess coming up with a slogan is easier than laying out the facts to support his case.
Their example is 66 high speed electrical switches sold three years ago?
To a country that already has nuclear weapons?
I need more information, but this sounds like more hysterics rather that solid reasoning.
I'm all for not working with most Muslim countries. What do we owe these people? Are any of them standing up in defiant support of the US? If not, forget 'em.
Duncan Hunter is a liberal shill and a racist. /sarc
Duncan Hunter is one of the most consistent pro-defense hawks still left in the Congress. Many of the rest of them have sold out, ....for the equivalent of 30 pieces of silver.
He has proven his courage countless times, standing up to those schilling for foreign governments.
Using some random article to bash Rush, eh? Obviously you have already decided this article equals defeat for the White House. More power to you. And remember it when this deal goes through.
No matter on which side of this issue one stands, it is upsetting to read comments like these coming from the House Armed Services Committee Chairman who has not, as far as I can determine, expressed any concern about the fact that DPW provides virtually the exclusive support for our US Navy ships in the UAE ports of Jebel Ali and Fujairah. Those ports accommodate more US Navy ships than any other international port. DPW is also the primary support contractor for US Air Force assets at Al Dhafra Air Base in UAE.
Why would the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee trust DPW to work closely with thousands of US military personnel and military vessels and aircraft, when he has expressed such extreme distrust of DPW's role in civilian operations? If DPW is such a danger to the security of US civilians, why is the same company viewed as a trusted partner by the US military?
This guy better tune into Rush Flim Flam who has the Bush administration marching orders. It's all ok...It's all good...The deal is already done....Dubai related operations have no security baggage associated with them. UAE is so on our side. Bush said so.... I feel better already.
You think the Dems will go for that deal.
Hunter's my Congressman. He's pretty good overall--but his staff has been buffaloed more than once by the Legacy Media-Political Complex.
Maybe the Congress will "federalize" the ship parking business, just think how many positions they can create opening every container that gets unloaded. (Sarcasm)
Liberals are in need of campaign funding the old fashion 'union' way.
Re: The $6.8 billion takeover is now expected to be complete by next week, despite an ongoing 45-day security investigation by the U.S. government to address concerns about the company's ownership and possible vulnerability to terrorist infiltration.
The White House's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approved the deal in January without conducting the 45-day investigation required by law.
House Armed Services Committee Duncan Hunter said the United Arab Emirates has a "terrifying" record of allowing the transshipment of nuclear materials and weapons of mass destruction through its country to Pakistan, Iran and other countries.