Follow-up story from today's New York Post

February 16, 2006 -- WASHINGTON —

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged the White House yesterday to reconsider a sale that would give a company in the United Arab Emirates control over operations at six American ports.

Other U.S. lawmakers have expressed concerns about implications of the $6.8 billion sale to government-owned Dubai Ports World, which was approved by a secretive U.S. panel that considers security risks of foreign companies buying or investing in U.S. industry.

Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.) said he spoke to senior White House officials and urged them to review DP World's purchase of the London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which runs commercial operations at shipping terminals in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.

"The White House can stop this deal ultimately, and I've asked them to go very slow and look at it very carefully," said King.