Even as the United Arab Emirates-owned company DP World [3] (Dubai Ports World) requested a 45-day [4] "further review of its deal to buy management rights to terminals at major U.S. ports," it's building a massive public relations team to support the $6.8 billion deal. To "tamp down Congressional criticism," DP World [3] hired the firm Clark & Weinstock [5], according to O'Dwyer's. The firm's Vin Weber [6], a former Republican Congressman, will head the account. (PR Week is reporting [7] that firm partner Davis Weinstock said they "represent the embassy of the United Arab Emirates," not DP World [3].) DP World [3] has also retained the Albright Group [8], which is headed by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright [9]; Alston & Bird [10], which counts former Senator Bob Dole [11] among its lobbyists; and the Downey McGrath Group, which is headed by [12] former Congressmen Tom Downey and Ray McGrath. Downey "is a good friend of New York Senator Chuck Schumer [13], who has been spearheading opposition" to the ports deal. DP World [3]'s lead PR firm is the Britain-based Bell Pottinger [14].