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[From Capital Cofidential]
Indian Point Battle Begins
Entergy Nuclear Northeast announced today it will reapply for a 20-year license to continue to operate the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County (NY).
The plant has long served as a political flashpoint, with pols on either side of the aisle alternately calling for its closure and arguing [...]

Fred Iklé, a Nixon-era arms control veteran and mentor to the current generation of nuclear “hawks�, has an apocalyptic vision of the future.
However, as a contrarian who confounds his neo-conservative admirers, he is also highly critical of the Bush administration’s handling of threats to the US, and calls the “global war on terror� a serious [...]

The winter holiday season is off to a rousing start — with“professional� Xhristians working as hard as ever to bring everyone inline with their “values�. Here’s a story from Colorado. There will bemore. No doubt.

A Pagosa Springs [Colorado] resident is resisting anorder by her homeowners’ association to remove a peace symbol-shapedwreath from an exterior wall [...]

The blue-ribbon Iraq Study Group (ISG) headed by James Baker and Lee Hamilton will meet today in Washington to discuss the first draft of its review of Iraq policy. According to the New York Times, the current draft does not include a proposal for the phased withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. It is [...]

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