Posted on 04/28/2006 4:32:20 PM PDT by neverdem
WASHINGTON, April 27 President Bush is expected on Friday to announce his approval of a deal under which a Dubai-owned company would take control of nine plants in the United States that manufacture parts for American military vehicles and aircraft, say two administration officials familiar with the terms of the deal.
The officials, who were granted anonymity so they could speak freely about something the president had not yet announced, said that the final details had not yet been set and that Mr. Bush might put conditions on the transaction to keep military technology in the United States.
But his action is almost certain to attract scrutiny in Congress, because of the political furor that erupted over the administration's approval of a deal earlier this spring that would have given another Dubai-owned company, Dubai Ports World, leases to operate several American port terminals through its acquisition of a British company, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Dubai Ports agreed to drop the port deal after it became clear that Republicans were abandoning Mr. Bush and opposing the takeover.
In this case, the plants in question are owned by Doncasters Group Ltd., a British company that is being purchased for $1.2 billion from the Royal Bank of Scotland Group by Dubai International Capital, which is owned by the United Arab Emirate government.
Because the plants make turbine blades for tanks and aircraft, the deal was reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which sent it on to Mr. Bush himself for a decision, a step used only when the potential security risks or political considerations are particularly acute.
Administration officials alerted Congress that the deal would go through the committee's review process in an effort to head off the kind of public debate that surrounded...
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I just learned about this an hour ago...
Yea! Go Jorge!
That's a very good question.
In 1943, Amin Al Husseini founded and lead the Hanzar Division of Muslim Nazis. Here they are engaged in traditional Muslim prayer.
oops sorry iwas also goingot ping you over to post 206
Amin Al Husseini shown shaking hands with his friend Heinrich Himmler, head of Hitler's SS. Amin Al Husseini asked Himmler if he could see the gasing of Jews first-hand in the concentration camps. Himmler granted him his wish
Yep although the only disagreement I have is I dont think its the last few nails I think there is only one left
Unbelievable. He's going to destroy the Reublican Party at the most crucial time in our history since the Civil War or more correctly, the War of Northern Agression.
Not to mention the sheer insanity of having Muslims run our Defense Production.
I don't give a Damn if he is Impeached. He deserves it as much as the Bent One did. Sad, sad, sad.
Bttt.
BWAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!
One is forced to wonder how little you know about other issues as well.
""Unbelievable. He's going to destroy the Reublican Party at the most crucial time in our history since the Civil War or more correctly, the War of Northern Agression.""
Give it a break you loser....had the south won, and the USA permanently split, both countries would today be mediocre powers.
Stuff it , Scalawag!
the south is our south now, not yours...the south belongs to those from the north, you natives are a ever shrinking minority
I'm sure if we'd sold military plants to the sovs during the last 50 years, everyone would have thought that sensible too...
The GOP is doing nothing but shooting themselves in the foot day after day and hoping no one sees it to catch them in the light of day.
You may at some point wish us dummies had heard of it before now.
Yea, they've only been selling out our country for a little a while. Decades. Practically unoticed.
Too bad. Enough of us dummies might have been able to save this joint. Now it might be too late.
Its all over but the crying.
But I'm here until the bitter end.
The next election is going to be very interesting.
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