Seeking to downplay the Headley controversy, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said on Tuesday, that the access given by the US to the Pakistani-American terrorist was "unprecendented", saying such cooperation may not have been possible five years ago.
The Indian establishment may get a leverage while talking to American officials on bilateral efforts of counter-terrorism while the media splashes scary details about what Headley did in India, points out Sheela Bhatt
United States Vice President Joe Biden will travel to India next month, his first official visit after assuming the position in 2008.
Obama took this decision to address the nation -- his seventh prime time address -- after weeks of negotiations with the Republican leaders failed to arrive at an agreement on resolving the issue of increasing the debt ceiling, failing which the US could default on its international obligations and could have devastating consequences on the American people, besides its adverse impact on global economy.
Returning home to the United States after a 9-day sojourn to Asia, President Barack Obama joked about his press secretary's run-in with Indian officials in New Delhi, among other things.
Six Indian Americans have won the elections to the House of Representatives, increasing their number from five in the current Congress.
"Will the President, while he is in India and probably while he is speaking to the Parliament, utter the words, 'The United States supports India's permanent membership in a reformed UN Security Council' or not?
US President Barack Obama said that his administration has no intention to send American troops to Pakistan amid growing speculation that Washington could be preparing to help Islamabad as its army steps up the offensive against the Taliban militants in therestive tribal areas.
Noting that there was sufficient information to uncover the December 25 plot, US President Barack Obama has said that the intelligence community failed to connect the dots and added that this would not be tolerated.
United States President Barack Obama on Thursday evaded a question about whether he would be willing to cut off all assistance to Pakistan in the wake of allegations by recently retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen that the Haqqani network is a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.
US President Barack Obama remains committed to economic reforms and recovery, says White House.
The talks could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iranian nuclear installations and could also help President Barack Obama make the case that he is nearing a breakthrough in the decade-long effort by the world's major powers to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
India-born Eboo Patel, founder of a group focused on global interfaith youth movement and member of President Barack Obama's faith advisory council, has won the 2010 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion, touted as the world's most prestigious prize in the field.
Two Indian-American scientists were among 100 researchers named by President Barack Obama last week as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. Harmit Singh Malik and Sanjay Kumar, a researcher at California University, Berkeley, will receive the honors along with the rest of the scientists and engineers in the Fall, at a White House ceremony.
The Republicans, who hold the majority in the US House of Representatives, finally caved in and agreed to extend the pay roll tax cut for two months, as demanded by President Barack Obama and thus gave him a big political advantage on the eve of the election-year.
The United States is a country where anybody with a good idea can prosper and anyone with talent can succeed, President Barack Obama has said.
As Iraq moves forward on the path of reconstruction and economic revival with the end of war and withdrawal of American forces from the country, it is expected to grow much faster than the two Asian giants, India and China, US President Barack Obama said on Monday.
"The people of India join me in condemning the attack in the strongest terms. We stand in solidarity and sympathy with the bereaved families, the injured and the people of the United States," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, expressing shock and sadness over the attack.
The November trip to India by United States President Barack Obama will be another clear statement of American support and commitment to the US-India relationship, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
The recent gains by the Republicans in the American midterm polls may benefit India, says B Raman.
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The president called for tax reform that eliminates corporate-friendly loopholes, highlighted his earlier proposal for free community college.
Obama is soon expected to sign the bill that was also passed by the House of Representatives.
President Barack Obama on Thursday said that the United States has fought its way back after years of worst economic recessions in the country.
United States President Barack Obama is considering expanding the American covert war in Pakistan far beyond the tribal areas to strike at a different centre of Taliban power in Balochistan, from where the top leaders of the outfit are orchestrating attacks into southern Afghanistan.
Satisfied with the outcome of the Nuclear Security Summit, which vowed to lock down all nuclear materials in four years and prevent terrorist groups from laying a hand on it, United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the world will be a more secure place now. "We have seized this opportunity, and because of the steps we've taken -- as individual nations and as an international community - the American people will be safer and world will be more secure," Obama said
A top United States judge has turned in an apology after e-mailing a racially charged joke about President Barack Obama that likened African-Americans to 'dogs'.
The American President's advice to the graduating class of University of California at Irvine wasn't just for the graduating class of University of California at Irvine.
The seven trucks, which all belong to GeeTee carrier service of Saki Naka, Andheri East, are said to contain some of the tonnes of technical equipment required for the US Presidential trip. And from the Mercedes bus, also a GeeTee vehicle, the 20-25 American team members disembarked and poured into the hotel that is now surrounded by a fresh set of seven-feet-high iron barricades
Bribery gets all the bad press, but lobbying is the real danger, because it affects everybody--whether they want it to or not.
In the midst of a global economic crisis, US President Barack Obama assured Americans on Monday that all his decisions are aimed at making sure that the economy starts moving again. Obama said neither he nor his team was surprised over the angry reaction from the people on the AIG bonuses issue. "I wasn't surprised by it. Our team wasn't surprised by it."
The Hindu American Foundation has assailed President Barack Obama for deciding against visiting the Golden Temple in Amritsar during his visit to India but having not qualms about visiting one of the largest mosques in Southeast Asia when on the second leg of his four-state Asian itinerary he visits Indonesia.
The United States President Barack Obama has acknowledged that the biggest mistake of his first term was not being a good enough storyteller, saying he needed to better communicate to the American people about his policies to foster "a sense of unity and purpose and optimism."
China and the United States are said to be on the verge of signing a landmark agreement to allow Chinese lenders to buy stakes into small and medium-sized American banks. The deal, said a South China Morning Post report quoting major Chinese bankers, is likely to be completed during US President Barack Obama's current visit to China.
With President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked in an intense battle for the White House, Americans on Tuesday voted in an election that followed one of the most expensive and negative campaigns, with pundits predicting a wafer-thin win for the incumbent.
In understanding Obama's strategy, we must begin with an obvious but unstated point: The extra forces that will be deployed to Afghanistan are not expected to defeat the Taliban. Instead, their mission is to reverse the momentum of previous years and to create the circumstances under which an Afghan force can take over the mission.
Trade enhancement is not about lowering tariff barriers, but dismantling such regulatory barriers.
A political cartoon depicting a chimpanzee as the drafter of the American financial stimulus bill has sparked a racial row in the United States, with Democratic leaders up in arms against the New York Post, for what they believe is an offensive reference to President Barack Obama.The cartoon, published by the right-wing Post, shows a police officer telling his colleague who has just shot a chimpanzee that 'they'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill'
Obama said that both Biden and Harris have the experience needed to get things done and they have concrete policies that will turn their vision of a better, fairer, stronger country into reality.
The meeting between United States President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this week will be dominated by talks on cyber security, North Korea and Asia Pacific region along with bilateral relations, White House officials have said.
Richard Fontaine had an exclusive chat with rediff.com readers on Monday evening where he discussed the presidential visit and the way forward between the two countries, and their respective stands on a range of significant issues -- from the US foreign policy to rise in visa fees.
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