Bush has said he "intends" to nominate the Career Minister to the post. Boucher's nomination has to be confirmed by the US Senate.
The Indo-Pak peace process and the war against terror will be high on the talks agenda, said officials.
Meanwhile, the prime minister's media adviser Sanjaya Baru described as "incorrect" reports that Manmohan Singh has appealed to Left parties not to boycott Bush's visit to India.
Rice, 50, will become the first female black secretary of state if she accepts the offer.
World leaders condoled the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
A Congressional recess is coming up, meaning the deal will be delayed.
Bush, according to The New York Times, had signed a secret Presidential Order after the 9/11 attacks, authorising the National Security Agency to track international phone calls and e-mails of hundreds of people.\n
The problem with the nuclear deal is that the US and India are seeking to achieve different objectives.
This is the first time President Bush has gone on record saying that US forces were `stressed' in Iraq.
Bush Sr is in Japan for business meetings.
The United States government has expanded trade preference benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences to cover about $900 million more imports a year from India.
US President George W Bush has sharpened his attack on Democratic opponent Senator John F Kerry on economic and welfare issues, calling him a "tax and spend liberal", while describing himself as a "compassionate conservative."
An ABC News/Washington Post study has found that 62 per cent of Americans disapprove of President George W Bush's overall job performance. Also a new high of 70 per cent disapprove of his handling of the war in Iraq.
>The formal signing ceremony, originally expected to take place on Monday December 11 in the Rose Garden at the White House, has been postponed to later in the week.
US President George W Bush on Wednesday came under severe attack from the Communist Party of India-Marxist, which described him as a "fool" for comparing Russian leader Lenin with the likes of Osama bin Laden and Adolf Hitler.
'If that occurs, the world will be safer,' says Senator Joseph Biden.
The Republican Congressman from Indiana, who has often been called an India baiter, said he was aware of his image which is why he chose to lead this delegation.
The 10 Downing Street memo now raises fresh doubts over US claims that previous attacks against Al-Jazeera staff were military errors.
But to get Congress approval, India will have to present a 'credible' plan for separation of its civilian and military nuclear installations.
Condolezza Rice and Dick Cheney have also not said that they were not Woodward's sources.
There are unconfirmed rumors from multiple sources in the Middle East that the al-Qaeda frontman was killed in a raid by US forces in Mosul, it said. However, the report cannot be verified until the intelligence firm gets other evidence.
President Bush also praised American Sikhs for their accomplishments and contributions to the success of the United States.
The former deputy secretary of state said the US president should make it clear to his Pakistani counterpart that support to terrorism and incursions across LoC is 'absolutely unacceptable'.
The prime minister is also scheduled to hold his first meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during his stay in New York.
Bush said he looks forward to meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week.
Battered in opinion polls by President George W Bush, Democratic challenger John Kerry is now turning to former President Bill Clinton, considered among the best campaigners, for advice on how to reinvigorate his sagging campaign
Allen was ahead by 16 points in July and the Democrats did not even consider Webb a viable challenger, until Allen called an Indian-American, Shekar Sidarth, a volunteer in the Webb campaign, a 'macaca', considered a racial slur.
"Judge Alito is one of the most accomplished and respected judges in America," Bush said, while making the announcement.
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