Reid new Utah ally on nukes - Democratic Underground

NVMojo

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Wed Nov-09-05 01:10 PM
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Reid new Utah ally on nukes

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., sought to strengthen ties Tuesday to a new ally in the campaign against Nevada nuclear waste disposal.

Reid said he will no longer stand in the way of Utah lawmakers who are trying to block a nuclear waste complex on the Goshute Indian reservation in their state by having the nearby area designated government-protected wilderness.

Reid's announcement came several weeks after Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, pledged in a Senate speech that he was withdrawing his support for the nuclear waste repository the Department of Energy wants to build at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Nov-09-Wed-2005/news/4219215.html

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Wed Nov-09-05 01:53 PM
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1. Yeah. Thank you Harry Reid. n.t

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