Bob Dole consults for Dubai company

[mzteris]

Deal concerns Sen. Elizabeth Dole

Barbara Barrett, Washington Correspondent

North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole's husband, former Sen. Bob Dole, has been hired by Dubai Ports World to help shepherd the company through a $6.8 billion deal to control terminals at six U.S. ports. Despite her husband's work for Dubai, Elizabeth Dole wrote in a letter Wednesday that she is concerned about turning port operations over to a Middle Eastern company.

"I am deeply concerned that the proposed transfer of seaport operations to a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates government might compromise our ability to effectively control our ports and harbors," Dole wrote in a letter to Sen. John Warner of Virginia, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which she is a member.

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Bob Dole, a registered lobbyist, former senator from Kansas and GOP presidential candidate, is among a team of lawyers at the Washington law firm Alston & Bird that has been working with Dubai Ports World. Dubai Ports World is owned by the United Arab Emirates.

In her letter, Dole did not outright oppose the Dubai deal, but she said Congress should take a hard look at it. "I do not believe that a transaction of this importance should be finalized until the Administration and the Congress have had an opportunity to thoroughly examine, understand, and resolve these concerns," she wrote.



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[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Nobody liked that nasty old man before, why would we like him now?

[babylonsister]

2. Eww, what could their 'pillow talk' be like? I

would NOT want to be a fly on the wall for that! :dilemma:

[BOSSHOG]

3. Is UAE a Banana Republic?

Thursday Morning humor, I couldn't pass on it.

[sduncang]

4. Ah! Yes! I remember him well....

I'm old enough to remember Bob Dole as Nixon's hatchet man...not an original thought in his head...mean-spirited...wrapped up in the American flag...and, a true party hack. Dubai got suckered, because that old coot is too old and bitter.

[mzteris]

5. not to mention

hopped up on pepsi and viagra.

:rofl:

[sundancekid]

6. Dubai Ports may come to full understanding of Dole's erectile dysfunction

he may have been an old "mechanic" who could manage the past repuke minorities in the senate, but he'll have a lot of trouble gettin' it up against the will of the american people who are actually showing signs of awakening to bushevik destruction of american security for $$$$ (let alone democracy itself)

[SillyGoose]

7. Bob Dole said Kerry didn't bleed enough and that his wounds were

superficial during the swift boat attacks on Kerry and his medals during the '04 campaign. I will never forgive him for that. Rat bastard.

:grr:

[Libby2]

8. Well, you know, the repukes hate America.

They always have and always will.

[mzteris]

10. I don't think they "hate America" - - -

they just love the almighty $$$$$$$ MORE.

(That and keeping white males in power!)

[Libby2]

11. Of course they do.

[Jacobin]

9. Dob Bole will have sacks of envelopes stuffed with cash

for congresscritters who will then hold hearings, evaluate the situation, and pronounce themselves satisfied that it is 'good for america'

[mtnsnake]

12. That's what happens when someone his age gets wood

because of drugs.