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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (398645)	4/25/2003 6:50:34 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 769667

CYBERKEN, they can eliminate NPR. Yesterday morning they ran a 10 minute promotional piece on Kerry. Sounded like a campaign commercial. Maybe they will give equal time to Al Sharpton today. Steve

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (398645)	4/25/2003 8:47:31 AM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Can any Republican here explain the following ? Just what the hell is going on up there ? How can we be so brilliant in military matters and yet be so stupid in others? Feds Snub U.S. Companies, Reward France and Germany The U.S. Department of Energy is ready to bypass two American companies and award an $8.5 billion contract to a French-German coalition for the disposal of nuclear waste. Americans who have stopped buying French-made products because of France’s opposition to the war on Iraq are upset about the deal. "The French government has shown itself for what it is, and it is clearly not an ally of the United States at this point,” David Bossie of Citizens United told CNN's Lou Dobbs. Bossie said his organization felt "very strongly” that the French companies should not be eligible for contracts dealing with the United States’ security. The Energy Department granted a $30 million contract for a waste facility in Hanford, Wash., to a German-owned company two weeks ago, and now a contract worth $8.5 billion to finish up the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility in Nevada is about to awarded to the French-German coalition Cogema/Framatone ANP, reported CNN's Bill Tucker. The Bush administration has quashed congressional efforts to keep Paris and Berlin and other allies of Saddam Hussein from cashing in on Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since Tucker broke the story on "Moneyline" April 16, many Americans have been calling CNN and the Energy Department to find out more about the contracts. "This is not just any French company,” Tucker said. "Cogema’s largest shareholder is the French government. The German government is a minority shareholder.” Three consortiums are vying for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste contracts, according to Tucker. The first two companies have American partners. The third company is Congema/Framatone ANP. The contracts do not require open bidding and have not yet been awarded, but "Moneyline" was told that the original deadline for rewarding the contract was April 15. "Obviously, that’s been delayed, and we are now told that a decision is expected within the next couple of weeks,” Tucker said. Tucker said anyone who wants to find out about the outcome of the contract or to get involved may contact the Department of Energy at 1-800-225-6972 or the office of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., at 1-202-224-3542. The Nevada governor’s Agency for Nuclear Projects also has a Web site and a toll free number for Nevadans: 1-800-366-0990.