The Unknown Candidate: Carlyle Group to the Rescue?

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Carlyle Group to the Rescue?

You knew that, somehow, the Dubai Ports money trail would ultimately lead back to Bush-Cheney Corporate affiliations. Who better to keep it "all in the family" than The Carlyle Group?

Sheesh! We're talking beyond shameless here.

Carlyle Group Explores Acquisition of Port Operations

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group established a team to acquire public-purpose facilities, such as ports, a day after a United Arab Emirates company said it would transfer newly acquired operations at American ports to a US organization.

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Photo credit: A container ship passes the New York skyline in a Friday, March, 10, 2006 photo. Republicans blocked a Democratic effort Wednesday, March 15, 2006, to force House votes on expanding government scrutiny of foreign investments, the latest fallout from a Dubai-owned company's failed bid to run some U.S. port operations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)