"I am still examining certain options and I am not yet ready to go public with any of them, but I am looking forward to new professional challenges," he said, and declared, "To live is to embrace change. That's my approach to all of this."
The Bush administration has earmarked $300 million for Pakistan from nearly $300 billion that the White House is seeking from the Congress for the global war on terror.
The United States has said that it has broadened the non-proliferation regime by bringing India inside it through the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Unseasonal showers forced the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka to be abandoned after 18.2 overs.
The current chairman Steven S Reinemund, 58 retires on May 2, as he had announced last August.
Sachin Tendulkar scored his 41st ODI hundred as India beat the West Indies by 160 runs in the fourth and final match to win the series 3-1.
McDermott last co-chaired the Caucus from 2000-2002 and Wilson from 2002-2004. They will succeed Representatives Gary Ackerman, New York Democrat and Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Florida Republican.
The West Indies, set 269 for victory, cruised to 270 for seven in 43.4 overs to post their first win in the series.
India defended a low total of 189 to beat the West Indies by 20 runs in the second ODI.
An Indian-American Christian outfit in the United States has expressed concern over a bill passed by Himachal Pradesh, alleging that it was aimed at harassing Christian workers in the Congress-ruled state.
Despite making "some progress" in tackling the menace of trafficking, India needs to do more in designating and empowering a national agency to carry out an effective law enforcement response to the crime.
Prem Panicker gives the first episode of the show a thumbs up.
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul's unbeaten 149 went in vain as India beat the West Indies by 14 runs in the first ODI of the four-match series.
The survey also found that even though the race is still more than nine months away, most Louisianans had already made up their minds to vote for Jindal over Blanco.
Raj Sharma, 49, a senior vice president and a private wealth advisor with the Private Banking and Investment Group at Merrill Lynch in Boston, has been recognised for the third consecutive year as one of the best advisors in the US.
The Proteas won the third and final Test by five wickets to take the series 2-1.
South Africa need 156 runs to win the third Test with 90 overs and eight wickets in hand.
South Africa ended Day 3 on 373 all out, 41 runs behind India on the first innings, in the third Test.
At stumps, on Day 2 of the third Test, South Africa, replying to India's first innings of 414, were 144 for 1.
India were 254 for 3 at stumps on Day 1 in the third Test against South Africa.
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