[Petronski]

The Navy isn't portside in UAE on a diplomatic mission. They're portside there because it is sufficiently secure.

[cva66snipe]

The Navy isn't portside in UAE on a diplomatic mission. They're portside there because it is sufficiently secure.

Yep and they said the same thing about Yemen too.

[STARWISE]

Wonder what the next strategy is for these paid lobbyists, that we know of, who didn't failed to produce the desired outcome. Oh, the bar tabs and dinners that must've been run up.

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"Dole is a special counsel in the Washington office of the law firm Alston & Bird. DP World hired the firm in 2005 to help shepherd its purchase of the British-based firm Peninsular and Oriental, which currently manages the U.S. ports, Galloway said.

Special Counsel, Robert Dole - Alston & Bird

When you see Wendy Sherman spouting anti-Bush rhetoric, remember she's a principal in The Albright Group

Haven't seen Carol Browner out on the trail, but she's also a principal in The Albright Group

The Cohen Group

Vernon Jordan

of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Field LLP

[El Gato]

The Navy isn't portside in UAE on a diplomatic mission. They're portside there because it is sufficiently secure.

Maybe, even probably, but none of us have any way of knowing that. It would be interesting to know what threatcon is set for any ships in port there.