Arab American groups criticized Sen. Charles Schumer for allegedly denigrating Arabs. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is Jewish, was quoted last week in the New York Observer as defending his opposition to a now-scuttled deal that would have allowed a Dubai company to manage six U.S. ports.
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