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Now this is what you call "bad staff work." Dubya should have known about this....The President also admitted that he did not know Lonetta Menefee was promoted to regional manager of the Akron district of the US Post Office, despite the fact that the Postmaster General reports directly to the President! What is wrong with this administration!

They appear to be asleep at the switch. And not just politically. From this article

The president made sure to check with all the Cabinet secretaries that are part of this process, or whose agencies or departments are part of this process," the spokesman said. "He made sure to check with them — even after this got more attention in the press, to make sure that they were comfortable with the decision that was made."..."And every one of the Cabinet secretaries expressed that they were comfortable with this transaction being approved,

From Donald Rumsfeld, who I understand was in theory part of the approving committee

QUESTION: Are you confident that any problems with security — from what you know, are you confident that any problems with security would not be greater with a UAE company running this than an American company?
RUMSFELD: I am reluctant to make judgments based on the minimal amount of information I have because I just heard about this over the weekend.

Someone isn't telling the truth. If Rumsfeld is in fact on the approving committee, the process was deeply flawed. Obviously Congress should be looking at this.

If Rumsfeld is in fact on the approving committee, the process was deeply flawed.

DoD is on the committee. Doesn't mean the representative (whomever it may have been) kept Rummy properly informed.

Bumping your post....