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U.S. Cannot Be France.(International Edition; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY)(nuclear energy)(Brief article)

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Byline: Adam B. Kushner

It wasn't April Fool's Day when congressional Republicans (the authors of Capitol Hill's wartime "freedom fries") declared last month that America should emulate France. They were talking about nuclear energy, which supplies 80 percent of the Gauls' needs and skimps on carbon. But here's one issue where the supposedly green Democrats aren't pulling toward Paris.

That's because their leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, ...

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