Bush seeks to calm uproar over ports deal

Bush administration officials, trying to calm a political furore over allowing a United Arab Emirates company to take over a half-dozen US seaports, told Congress today they spent three months reviewing the deal and said all concerns about security were satisfied.

“We’re not aware of a single national security concern raised recently that was not part of the multi-agency, three-month review,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt told a Senate Armed Services Committee briefing.