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Proponents of the plan will be out in force too. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has retained John Sununu, chief of staff for former President George Bush, and onetime vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro to lobby for the nuclear industry, which is desperate for the burial site and has pumped $29 million in soft money into the national political parties over the past 10 years. The Nuclear Energy Institute, representing reactor operators and manufacturers, has been flying in about 90 legislators and their aides each year for the past 10 years for tours of the site, followed by nights...
...reserves in this country shrinking, George Bush has made ANWR's development a key part of his energy package. The House finally decided to approve drilling in the refuge, largely on the promise of two important numbers. First, to calm moderates in his party, Republican Congressman John Sununu of New Hampshire tacked an amendment to the energy bill limiting the drilling to just 2,000 of the 1.5 million acres along the coast plain. Then, the Teamsters muscled 36 Democrats into voting for the drilling, claiming it would create over 700,000 jobs...
...industry is sticking by the figures. "We're confident we can develop the resources that are at ANWR without an impact on the wildlife that lives there," insists Mark Rubin, general manager for exploration and production with the American Petroleum Institute. For his part, Sununu complains that it wouldn't matter what number he had put in his amendment. Drilling opponents "don't support any disturbance of any land for any economic activity related to energy in the 19 million acres of ANWR," he says. "They think that 2,000 acres is too much. They think 200 acres...
...Card was rewarded for his service during the campaign with an appointment to the Bush White House, where he became deputy chief of staff under John Sununu, helping to coordinate the daily affairs of the president...
...already had a strong, experienced staff in the department," says Skinner, who replaced Sununu. "What we needed was someone with interpersonal relations who could work with those on Capitol Hill, in the White House and in state and local government...