Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) criticizes the Bush administration’s approval of a controversial deal that would transfer the leases of 6 United States port terminals to a company owned by the United Arab Emirates during a Senate Armed Services Committee briefing.

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Clinton says that the law that governs foreign investment in the United States mandates a 45-day investigation into any transaction if that transaction involves a foreign government that affects national security. She says the investigation was not conducted by the Bush administration despite the fact that it was required. (1:08)

 
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February 23, 2006
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Deputy Defense Secretary of Defense Gordon England responds to a question from Sen. John Warner (R-VA) during a Senate Armed Services committee briefing about a controversial deal that would transfer the leases of six United States port terminals to a company owned by the United Arab Emirates. »
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