First the Chinese lease the naval base @ Long Beach for shipping, then do a deal with Panama to "manage" the Panama Canal; now our ports go to Arabs.
When are we going to stop giving ourselves the shaft?
When are we going to stop giving ourselves the shaft?
http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=4521896WASHINGTON A New Jersey congressman says he wants security officials at U-S ports to be American citizens.
Republican Frank LoBiondo says the requirement would prevent overseas companies operating shipping facilities in the U-S from hiring foreigners in such sensitive positions.
LoBiondo chairs the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee. He cites "significant" security concerns over a six-point-eight (b) billion-dollar sale that gives a company in the United Arab Emirates control over operations at six major American ports.
LoBiondo says he wants the new mandatory citizenship requirements approved by Congress and President Bush before state-owned Dubai Ports World completes its pending purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
The British company runs major commercial operations at shipping terminals in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.