I believe the administration's policy to store the waste in a facility 2,000 feet below ground in the Nevada desert remains the best alternative.

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Well, let us hope, ... vigor.

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We spent more than the president requested, and we were criticized for pork-barrel spending.

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There are a lot of people, like Senator Dole, that are concerned about her as a friend and as a reporter. And Judy has a lot of friends.

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[The licensing board decisions are] not happy news, ... but it's also not an immediate and final statement that says, 'This stuff is going to start shipping the day after tomorrow.'

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It wasn't nasty. There were no negative ads, no personal attacks.

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As it now becomes clear, scientifically, legally and practically, Yucca Mountain is not going to become a single repository for nuclear waste, and we need to start thinking about new strategies and new places to deal with this.

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Given the huge nature (of the disaster), it is inevitable there would be areas of failure. There are a lot of areas we can look and say could have been done better. But if we look at the overall dimensions of the thing, we have to cut some people some slack.

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