The US Senate is likely to approve the vote on nomination of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State after a Republican lawmaker, who a day before voiced concern over foreign donations to her husband Bill Clinton's foundation, on Wedensday said he would vote in favour of the former First Lady.
Nicholas Burns noted that the Administration had been informed the Senate and House would meet in the early part of December to reconcile both bills.
While US officials believe much of the American money was not making its way to the frontline, Pakistani officials see it as American ingratitude for Pakistani counterterrorism efforts.
The Bush administration has said it will continue to build a new and very important strategic relationship with India.
The Bush administration had originally requested 300 million dollars in military aid to Islamabad, but lawmakers cut 50 million dollars until the time secretary of state Condoleezza Rice can certify that Pakistan is restoring democratic rights, including an independent judiciary.
"These funds have been used to help Pakistan prosecute the war on terror along the Pakistan-Afghan border," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher said.
Former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage firmly denied making any such threat.
'It was a step backward for Pakistan's democratic transition and democratic process. And that is one that ultimately would carry consequences, will carry consequences, and does carry consequences for our relationship,' State Department Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey asserted.
The White House was engulfed in angry controversy last night over speculation that a senior official in the Bush administration had illegally disclosed a CIA agent's identity.
Amid continuing uncertainty over the fate of the India-United States civilian nuclear agreement, the US has said that it is too early to express disappointment about it. US authorities also expressed hope that the two sides 'can get it done'. White House spokesperson Tony Fratto said that the Bush administration remained committed to the civil nuclear agreement despite signs that the Manmohan Singh government may balk due to opposition at home from Left parties.
Refusing to give details of the US operation in Pakistan, a senior Bush administration official said both the presidential candidates are being briefed on the goings on in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Playing down the significance of a new nuclear reactor being built by Pakistan, the Bush administration has said the new facility will produce far less plutonium than was reported by an independent think tank.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Wednesday accused the UPA government of accepting the "diktats" of the Bush administration of which the nuclear agreement "was a part."
The Bush administration has expressed disappointment at the UN Security Council's response to the violence in Myanmar, saying it should have taken "stronger" action.
If writing newspaper columns merited Nobel prizes, Indians would have many more of them. But Professor Krugman is also amongst the most eminent academic economists in the US. He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 1991; the award is given every alternate year to an American economist under the age of 40. Twelve of the first 23 have gone on to win Nobel prizes.
Crises are teachers. There are lessons to be learnt from the current one as well, says Suman Bery.
A senior Bush administration official refused to be pinned down on whether the bilateral 123 civil nuclear cooperative agreement between the United States supersedes the Hyde Act.
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff aired the warning in a House Panel meeting.
Giving an economic content to his visit to the US in the midst of high-profile diplomatic engagements, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met World Bank President Robert Zoellick and top American CEOs in the backdrop of the financial meltdown that has kept the Bush Administration on its toes.
With only five legislative days left before the US Congress is scheduled to adjourn, the Indo-US nuclear deal is literally down to the wires, with the first real opportunity to push the initiative to Senate floor expected to arise on Tuesday. The big question doing the rounds is whether the Bush Administration will be able to persuade the lawmakers to complete the process on time.
As the United States Senate prepared for a crucial hearing on the Indo-US nuclear deal, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in the midst of another round of hectic lobbying with key lawmakers to secure Congress' approval of the pact before its session ends on September 26. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee' hearing later on Tuesday is seen as a positive sign in getting the endorsement of the Senate for the nuke deal.
"The Indian government is working their side. And we're committed to hopefully coming together and succeeding in this endeavour," said Gonzalo Gallegos, director of press relations in the state department.
"I don't have anything for you on Pakistan, except to say that obviously we are working very closely with the civilian government there," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
The United States has decided to appoint a treasury attache and an attache for intellectual property rights in India. The US will also appoint a special official to deal with the aviation sector.
Musharraf has been thrashed by members of the US Congress, leading analysts, and leading newspapers who have questioned his fidelity to the global war on terror.
Appearing before a Congressional hearing, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher was asked if Khan had been questioned by US intelligence officials.
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the editorial says, have used demagoguery and fear to quell Americans demands for an end to this war.
Deputy US Trade Representative Karan Bhatia, has defended the Bush Administration's action to deny duty-free tariffs for imports of gold jewelry
In line with its aviation security policy, the threat level at US airports has been raised to orange, which indicates a high risk of terrorist attack.
The prime focus of the hearing is to review the findings of International Institute for Strategic Studies about the Khan cartel
Seeking to dispel their apprehensions, Saran is expected to highlight New Delhi's impeccable record on non-proliferation front.
The generals are worried about Washington's warm overtures to India and fear that soon they will be abandoned again, the magazine's international editor Fareed Zakaria said in the article.
