“President Bush, trying to put down a rapidly escalating rebellion among leaders of his own party, yesterday said that he would veto any legislation blocking a deal for a state-owned company in Dubai to take over the management of port terminals in New York, Miami, Baltimore and other major U.S. cities. Bush issued the threat after Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert publicly criticized the deal and said a thorough review was necessary to ensure that terrorists could not exploit the arrangement to slip weapons into American ports. Frist gave the White House only an hour’s notice before he broke partisan ranks earlier yesterday, declaring that ‘the decision to finalize this deal should be put on hold.’ The Tennessee senator said that if he was not heeded, ‘I plan on introducing legislation to ensure that the deal is placed on hold until this decision gets a more thorough review.’” (02/22/06)