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Posted 3/5/2006 1:06 PM
GOP lawmakers vow to change ports review
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The problem is "the committee that conducts the review is weighed towards the Treasury Department," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
"I think we need to scrap the committee, start again, constitute it within the department of Homeland Security," said Collins, adding that the panel should also include a member of the intelligence committee. "The process now is deeply flawed."
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said he wants to scuttle the Dubai ports deal and then require foreign governments to divest from critical U.S. installations unless they pass a review by the departments of defense and homeland security.
"I trust President Bush, but I think he needs to get more information," said Hunter, calling Dubai a dangerous place. "I think they looked at it at a superficial level, and they didn't get those intelligence briefs."more...
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