I truly DO NOT understand why we would leave ANYTHING having to do with our "security" in the hands of ANY foreign government. Have we ever heard what is actually happening with the ports situation?
Bush to make decision on Dubai defense purchase By Jim Wolf
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. panel that reviews foreign investments behind closed doors was sending President George W. Bush a recommendation on Thursday on a Dubai-owned company's proposed $1.24 billion takeover of Doncasters, a British group with U.S. plants that supply the military.
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Among Doncasters' units is a plant that is the sole supplier of turbine fan parts for U.S. Abrams battle tanks (this is the M1 tank - me), according to a spokesman for Rep. John Barrow, a Georgia Democrat who represents a district that is home to the plant.
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