[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 22 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D124-D125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DUBAI PORTS WORLD PURCHASE
Committee on Armed Services: On Thursday, February 23, 2006, Committee 
met to receive a briefing to discuss the national security implications 
of the acquisition of Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Navigation 
Company by Dubai Ports World--a government-owned and controlled firm of 
the United Arab Emirates from Gordon England, Deputy Secretary, and 
Peter Flory, Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy, 
both of the Department of Defense, Bob Joseph, Under Secretary for Arms 
Control and International Security, and Tony Wayne, Assistant

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Secretary of the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, both of the 
Department of State, Robert Kimmitt, Deputy Secretary, and Clay Lowery, 
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, both of the Department 
of the Treasury, and Michael Jackson, Deputy Secretary, Rear Admiral 
Thomas Gilmour, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Protection, 
Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, and Jayson Ahern, 
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operation, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, all of the Department of Homeland Security, all of 
behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
DUBAI PORTS WORLD PURCHASE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee met 
in open and closed sessions to receive a briefing to discuss Dubai 
Ports World purchase of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation 
Company from Clay Lowery, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
International Affairs; Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
Planning, and International Affairs, Rear Admiral Thomas Gilmour, 
Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental 
Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, and Jay Ahern, Assistant Commissioner for 
Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection, all of the Department 
of Homeland Security; Beth McCormick, Deputy Under Secretary and Acting 
Director, Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of 
Defense; and Alan Misenheimer, Director of Arabian Peninsula and Iran 
Affairs, Department of State.