Posted on 03/16/2006 5:25:30 PM PST by ncountylee
WASHINGTON // A Democratic senator said Thursday that he'll prevent an executive with a Dubai-owned company from being appointed head of the agency that oversees ports until he's sure the company is selling all its U.S. port operations to an American buyer.
President Bush in January nominated David Sanborn, DP World's director of operations for Europe and Latin America, to head the Maritime Administration.
Shortly after the nomination, DP World's planned purchase of a company that runs six major U.S. port facilities became the center of a roiling political controversy.
DP World did complete its purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., but DP World has since agreed to sell its U.S. port operations to a U.S. company within six months.
Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said he'd hold the nomination until he knew more about Sanborn's role in the process that allowed DP World to purchase the port operations in the first place.
Foreign government-owned companies should not operate ports," said Nelson spokesman Dan Shapiro.
He said Nelson would keep the hold on Sanborn until he knows for sure what arrangements DP World has made to dispose of the port operations.
"We want to wait and see how it's worked out and then we'll reconsider the nomination," Shapiro said.
Transportation Department spokesman Brian Turmail said Sanborn is the right person to run the Maritime Administration.
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Nelson of Florida!
No connection that his state is home to Eller and Company?
Wouldn't it be great if our Congresscritters got really involved in doing their jobs and started "overseeing" and micro-managing everything. Surely we would have more effective and accountable government then and things would just work better. /s
Wouldn't it be great if our Congresscritters had gotten off their butts when Bill Clinton was doing the exact same thing Bush is accused of?
BINGO! I wonder if they will put Schumer on ice until they investigate his connection to the outrage of DP World's purchase. I certainly will not be holding my breath.
Me neither.
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