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Calls for Congressional, GAO and Treasury IG Investigations of Port Deal

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Press release: “Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), a strong opponent of the outsourcing of U.S. port operations to foreign owned firms, today called for investigations by both the House Government Reform Committee and the Treasury Inspector General into the Bush Administration’s approval of the management of U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World. Kaptur also asked the Treasury Inspector General to review any conflict of interest regarding the participation of Treasury Secretary John Snow who chairs the Committee on Foreign Investments, the group which approved the recent contract with Dubai Ports World.”

  • Top Homeland Security Democrat Calls for GAO Investigation Into Dubai Port Management Approval
  • Press release: “Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, on Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seeking more information about the Administration’s approval of the deal that turns operations of six U.S. ports over to Dubai Ports World, a company owned by The United Arab Emirates.”
  • From Treasury today this, Dubai-P&OE-F Fact Sheet: CFIUS and the Protection of the National Security in the Dubai Ports World Bid for Port Operations

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