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Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) speaks at a Senate Hispanic Task Force press conference announcing the appointment of himself and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) as the new committee chairman, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 12th 2005. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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Coal and nuclear power took center stage at Tuesday's confirmation hearing for President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of energy, Steven Chu, who garnered broad bipartisan support from senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
One year after President Bush signed a massive energy bill into law, debate still rages as to whether it was ultimately a feat or a failure.
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