Embedded navigationMenuItem not rendering

[Garner Shawn]

I get the outer one but the inner one isn't rendered.
I've rendered the values in a dataTable so I know the_product has values.

<t:panelNavigation2 id="navItemClass"
                                                itemClass="navItemClass"
                     openItemClass="navOpenItemClass"
                     activeItemClass="navActiveItemClass"
                     separatorClass="navSeparatorClass">
        <t:navigationMenuItem id="productsButtonLink2" action="products"
value="Products">
                <t:dataList layout="simple" value="#{AppSetupBean.productsList}"
var="the_product">
                                
                                    <t:navigationMenuItem
id="#{the_product.productName}ButtonLink2"
action="#{ProductNavBean.navigate}"
value="#{the_product.productName}&#153;"/>
                                
                        </t:dataList>
                
        </t:navigationMenuItem>
</t:panelNavigation2>