Miami Herald/AP: Bush defies GOP on port deal

[PhilipShore]

Bush defies GOP on port deal
Miami Herald Staff Writer Steve Harrison and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Feb. 22, 2006

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/13929186.htm

WASHINGTON - Brushing off public demands from the two top Republicans in Congress, President Bush on Tuesday said a deal allowing an Arab company to run commercial operations at six major U.S. seaports -- including the Port of Miami-Dade -- should go forward and that he'll veto any effort to stop it.

Both House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said the proposed takeover by Dubai Ports World, a state-owned company from the United Arab Emirates, of British firm Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. posed potential national security risks. South Florida Republican lawmakers Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Clay Shaw and Mark Foley also weighed in, criticizing the sale.

The deal would give Dubai Ports World a 50 percent stake in the Port of Miami Terminal Operating Company, one of three terminals at the Port of Miami-Dade. The company handles about half the cargo containers at the port, and a minority partner has sued to stop the sale.

[aquart]

1. I just get this big grin on my face. I just do.

And I feel all kinds of sunny inside.

[Syrinx]

2. kind of like a small dose of acid without the metallic aftertaste. :)

[Comadreja]

3. You must be thinking of something else than I am, then

[kurth]

4. Future headline: Bush uses 'signing statement' to ignore veto override

Justice Alito upholds Bush signing statement use

[Judi Lynn]

5. Shocking to see these Florida Bush love-slaves step away from him.

You can be sure something wild has happened when a right-wing Cuban-American "exile" Congresswoman like Ileana Ros-Lehtinen bluntly differs with him.

_{Jeb Bush} was her campaign chairman when she was getting started in Florida Congressional politics. She has been CLINGING to _{George W. Bush} throughout his pResidency, until now.



Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2122983