The Saudi Wahhabis thought we were swell, when we were bleeding to free their Kuwaiti cousins,
then a few years later, sixteen Saudi hijackers flew into the WTC, Pentagon and Pennsylvania,
and three more were from the UAE.
Duncan Hunter did stop Cosco in 1998. AT least he's being consistent!
http://www.house.gov/hunter/cosco99.htm
NEWS FROM
CONGRESSMAN DUNCAN HUNTER
52d District, California
Member, National Security Committee
Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Procurement
www.house.gov/hunter
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 17 September 1998
AGREEMENT REACHED TO BAN COSCO FROM LONG BEACH
SENATE RECEDES TO HUNTER LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, DC---Members of the House and Senate agreed today to deny the President the authority to issue a waiver allowing the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) to lease a terminal at the former Long Beach Naval Station in California. The House passed the prohibition on the waiver authority, authored by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), in approving its version of the defense bill by a vote of 357-60 on May 21, 1998. The agreement today came as Representatives and Senators wrapped up their work on the Conference Report for the Fiscal Year 1999 National Defense Authorization bill.(snip)