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AAI Bulletin
Posted on Tuesday March 28, 2006

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) was the first to criticize the DP World deal and has been its most vocal opponent. If that wasn’t bad enough, Sen. Schumer took the shameful debate a step further: On March 20th, the New York Observer reported that when questioned by journalists who suggested that his opposition to the deal was a result of anti-Arab bias, Senator Schumer responded by saying: “Let’s say skinheads had bought a company to take over our port. I think the outcry would have been the same.” The senator’s remark is deplorable and AAI has requested an apology to the Arab American community.