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No Gloating On the Ports Deal - By Mark Davis
Posted on March 10th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
No gloating, please, from those of us who were dead right about this Dubai ports deal. Relief is fine, but let's not strut. This has...

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The DPW Post Mortem
Posted on March 10th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
So the deal is dead. I think the emotion behind the issue was understandable, though misplaced. Turning away Dubai may or may not ha...

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A Political Surrender To Protectionism? - By Larry Kudlow
Posted on March 9th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
So the White House arranged a sale of Dubai Ports World that will transfer its port operations to a yet-to-be-named U.S. entity. W...

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The Real Deal on the Ports Deal - by Larry Kudlow
Posted on March 4th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Yesterday’s New York Sun ran a story examining the continuing rift between conservative pundits on the Dubai ports deal. The paper r...

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Killing Port Deal Doesn’t Have To Humiliate UAE - by Mark Davis
Posted on March 3rd, 2006 on The RCP Blog
When someone with the foreign policy experience of a Richard Klein weighs in on the ports deal, I am inclined to listen. But when the h...

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More Port Controversy
Posted on March 2nd, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Yesterday on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep Peter King (R-NY) said something interesting: ED HENRY, CNN CONGRESSIONAL COR...

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It’s Gut Check Time on Port Deal
Posted on March 1st, 2006 on The RCP Blog
This week and next are going to spell the success or defeat of this horrible Dubai port deal. It is the gut check of the year for co...

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DPW & The Boycott of Israel
Posted on February 28th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Our friend Nathan Wirtschafter alerts us to a report in the Jerusalem Post that Dubai Ports World (DPW) is a participating member in th...

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Are We Listening To The Experts?
Posted on February 24th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
I'm still waiting to hear anything other than speculation about how the DPW deal is going to adversely impact national security. The th...

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All Bush’s Fault?
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 on The RCP Blog
 The conventional wisdom on the Dubai Ports World deal seems to have shifted in the last 24 hours.  In the blogosphere the focus...

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David Brooks Rips Port Deal Hysteria
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 on The RCP Blog
David Brooks is one of the most mild-mannered guys in the world. He's also one of the smartest and most thoughtful commentators ar...

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