Emphasising that the India-US nuclear agreement is in the interest of both the countries, Richard Boucher, the top official in charge of South and Central Asia, hoped that the deal will continue towards implementation.
'The principle guiding my decisions on troop levels in Iraq is: return on success. The more successful we are, the more American troops can return home,' he said in a televised speech to the nation on Thursday night.
The Yale University and the Confederation of Indian Industry are jointly holding two panel discussions on India in New York later this month, featuring corporate leaders like Indra Nooyi and Nandan Nilekani.
John Edward said if the US had actionable intelligence about imminent terrorist activity and Pakistan refused to act, the US will.
The proposed India-United States nuclear agreement provides undefined India-specific safeguards and fails to explicitly state whether the US nuclear trade will terminate if India conducts a nuclear test.
The deputy spokesman was non-committal on the US's position on whether Musharraf should step down from his army post.
Top Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has proposed denying tax reliefs to companies that ship job overseas but said that education system must improve to check the trend.
Even though the US has better electronic intelligence, Pakistan is far better in terms of human intelligence, the envoy said.
Obama's tough words to Islamabad must be seen in the context of an image that his opponents in the 2008 race
In general, advocates of a far-stronger relationship between India and the US have favoured the nuclear cooperation deal, the paper said.
In the wake of concerns expressed by some Congress members over the agreement on the civilian nuclear deal with India, the United States has said that the Bush administration will not sign off on anything that is not in American interests.
In India, water shortages are particularly serious simply because the margin between actual food consumption and survival is so precarious.
The US is set to cut aid to India by 35% in 2008 after the South Asian nation was categorised as a 'transforming' country with one of the best-performing economies in the world.
After four days of intense official level negotiations the two sides reached an understanding on a common text of 123 Agreement.
While the precise nature of the Monday night talks was not divulged, sources said the two sides exchanged frank and candid views on bilateral defence cooperation and regional and other security issues.
Shays asked Boucher that if any of it is true, how does the United States justify continuing its "unconditional support" for Musharraf's government?
The officials also said the peace deal with tribal leaders in Waziristan has not proved successful in combating extremism and fighting terrorists.
Accusing the Pakistan army of inflating the threat of religious sectarianism and jihadi extremism for its own self-interest, the report said the West adopted a more lenient attitude toward the regime due to a perceived lack of alternative.
The US aircraft manufacturer has already agreed to create a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Nagpur as part of its India commitments following the Air India order.
The top secret documents of March 1963 were approved for release only in May 2007.
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