This company is owned by an Arab country - read up on the current events this week - you must have been too busy on the Cheney goes hunting threads. That makes the man Bush wishes to appoint a former employee of that country.
Mr. Sanborn is a former employee of many different shipping companies with 30 years experience.
AND BTW, he is still a US citizen and I say give the man a fair hearing, not this attempted borking of him by some on FR.