Rep. Duncan Hunter vows to kill "port deal"..

Just saw this on crawler on MSNBC...How does this bode for Bush and the passage of this deal? How many Repubs will follow Hunter?

This could impact helping their corporate friends and the UAE of making money.:sarcasm:

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=11404933&src=rss/topNews

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He said infrastructure such as ports, electric grids and power plants should not be owned by foreign firms. Under his legislation, "Any foreign companies that own critical infrastructure would be required to divest so it's owned by Americans," Hunter told reporters.
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in 1998 where China was to take over a port, didn't see the story or any more details. Is this the same Hunter? What was that one all about?

just some of what he said

In 1998. HUNTER: ... when the Chinese communist government was buying or trying to buy the naval base at Long Beach, the closed naval base. We stopped that, even though the Clinton administration supported it.

We put that in as an amendment to the Armed Services Bill and we stopped them. We tried to stop Hutchison Whampoa, which actually was the second highest bidder, an American company from Arkansas was the highest. We understand that money was exchanged.

DOBBS: We want to put this in context. You're referring to 1998. The company was COSCO. The target was Long Beach. And you successfully got the legislation passed through the House. Ultimately, it was agreed to by the Senate and you stopped it.

HUNTER: And the president signed that.

HUNTER: Well, Lou, first, all administrations, including the Clinton administration, were enamored with free trade, which I don't agree with. But what we need to do is identify critical infrastructure, and that goes beyond the ports, whether its power grids, transportation lines.

We identify critical infrastructure. And rather than requiring another review, we simply ban anyone who is not a United States company, which has a board of directors, which is approved by DOD and by Homeland Security from owning that particular critical asset.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/01/ldt.01.html