In the New York Times (I found it on Truthout.org)...
Yucca Foe's Aide Gets Nuclear Panel Post
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a deal to let 175 of President Bush's nominees take office, an adviser to new Democratic leader Harry Reid, the Senate's staunchest opponent of a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, will be named to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
For months Senate Republicans had refused to take up, or even hold a hearing, on the nomination of Gregory Jaczko, Reid's adviser on nuclear issues.
In turn, Reid, who has pledged to try to kill the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, had blocked the Bush nominations.
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And this is the guy who is supposed to lead us. Un-freaking-believable. The rest of the article is below the jump.
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