John Snow's lackey Robert Kimmitt: "Concerns were raised & were resolved"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11517474/

The senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee angrily accused the Bush administration of ignoring the law in considering the port deal. The accusation by Sen. Carl Levin came as administration officials tried to calm the uproar, saying they spent three months reviewing the deal and that it would not threaten U.S. security.

“Is there not one agency in this government that believes this takeover could affect the national security of the United States?” the Michigan Democrat asked.

“We’re not aware of a single national security concern raised recently that was not part of ," Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt told a committee briefing.

Levin insisted that the law that established the multiagency panel specifically said that any such review should be lengthened by 45 days if it could have an impact on national security. Levin, raising his voice, told Kimmitt, “If you want the law changed, come to Congress and change it but don’t ignore it.” Kimmitt responded, “We didn’t ignore the law. Concerns were raised. They were resolved.”



Treasury Secretary John Snow and Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt meet with Secretary Jim Baker at the Treasury Department

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. The concern was

how much will I make off this deal.

[henslee]

2. "These aren't the droids you're looking for."

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. How convenient. You keep the circle to a group of like-minded

individuals and wha-la. Concerns were raised, like, "Who's going to pick up the check for this dinner meeting?"