Dole Split on Ports Deal

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Doles Split On Ports Deal

POSTED: 12:04 pm EST February 23, 2006
UPDATED: 12:27 pm EST February 23, 2006

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sen. Elizabeth Dole's concerns over a proposal to turn over the management of six U.S. ports to a Middle Eastern company hasn't stopped her husband, former Sen. Bob Dole, from lobbying for the $6.8 billion deal.

"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," Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to committee chairman Sen. John Warner, R-Va.

Bob Dole, a former Kansas senator and GOP presidential candidate, is among a team of lawyers at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Alston & Bird hired to represent Dubai Ports World, which is owned by United Arab Emirates.

"Sen. Elizabeth Dole's decisions are made independent of Bob Dole," said spokeswoman Lindsay Taylor Mabry. Mabry said she didn't know how long Elizabeth Dole had known of her husband's role in the deal.

Link: http://www.nbc17.com/news/7366707/detail.html?treets=tri&tid=2652012001813&tml=tri_4pm&tmi=tri_4pm_1_03000202232006&ts=H

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1. Bob Dole is a disgrace for disrespecting Kerry's war record too

I never have received any response to emails I have sent to her and Sen.
Burr over the past couple of months about a personal retirement tax matter and my requests that they start providing some scrutiny and oversight of the Bush Administration.

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2. -

My money says that when it comes right down to a vote, she does whatever Bush's people tell her to. Her decisions may be independent from Bob Dole, but not from the Bush Crime Family. Has she ever voted any other way except to rubber-stamp whatever the Bushbots are throwing out there?