Yucca Mountain and the fight over nuclear power The Bush administration wants to store the nation's nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada, but opponents are concerned about safety, and the implications for expanding U.S. nuclear power.9:06 a.m.
Guests
Stephen Power: covers Department of Energy regulatory issues and the environment for the Wall Street Journal.
Jim Riccio: Nuclear policy analyst with Greenpeace.
Steven Kraft: Senior director for used fuel management at the Nuclear Energy Institute.
McClellan dishes dirt, and takes the heat As White House press secretary, Scott McClellan spent three years defending the Bush Administration's policies in Iraq. Now he's having to defend himself against criticism on the right and left for writing a book that castigates top aides in the White House.10:06 a.m.
Guests
Scott McClellan: Former Bush press secretary and author of "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." McClellan was President Bush's press secretary from July 2003 through April 2006.
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