The Obama Administration is awaiting the advent of the new government in India to engage New Delhi on the final implementation details of the US-India civilian nuclear deal, the Acting point person for South Asia at the US Department of State has said.
Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry has said that he would soon be introducing a legislation in the US Congress to triple the non-military aid to Pakistan to avert an economic meltdown.
United States President Donald Trump boasted about his administration's progress.
Gregory Meeks, speaking to nearly 150 Indian Americans who had come to Capitol Hill as part of a Task Force to express outrage over the Mumbai terror attacks, couldn't contain his euphoria over the swearing in of Barack Obama as the nation's first African American President and the indirect connection to Mahatma Gandhi
"Some of the fears are exaggerated," and added, "some of the training turns out to be sort of cadet level. Some exchanges don't lead to a lot. I think we just need to have a realistic sense of what this is," Boucher added.
American auto industry's Big Three appear close to securing a bailout, with Wall Street Journal reporting that the White House and top Democrats have agreed in-principle for a $15 billion rescue plan -- less than half the amount sought by GM, Ford and Chrysler.
The only male protestor among the three had told a correspondent before being handcuffed and hauled away by police, "We are Christians and patriots."
He asserted that he did not compromise much on getting his landmark healthcare reforms through the Capitol Hill.
A CII delegation, led by Confederation of Indian Industry president and Bharti Enterprises CEO Sunil Bharti Mittal, called on US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
The US has said this is a precursor to discussions on the N-deal.
Even before Capitol Hill shocked the world's financial markets this week, the global economy was already mired in difficulties. And whether or not some version of the bail-out package gets passed in the near future, extricating it will be a real struggle.
Reports in the media on Friday said US Senator Tom Lantos had written a letter to the prime minister asking India to 'sever' military ties with Iran and "terminate" all cooperation in the energy sector.
"Jay Goyal is a perfect example of what we are trying to accomplish with the Indo-American Leadership Council."
There's a strong sense inside the Democratic leadership that if you care about India, now is the time to stand up for it, says Graham Wisner, counsel at the top international lobbying firm Patton Boggs.
At a hearing on Afghanistan at the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Bill Nelson asked, "Does the US have to have the approval of the Pakistani government in hot pursuit across the border?"
United States Congressman Dan Burton, Indiana Republican and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who was in the 1980s and 1990s India's bete-noire on Capitol Hill, after a considerable hiatus when he took a sabbatical against castigating India, seems to have had a relapse, this time at the urging of the Kashmiri American Council and the pro-Pakistan lobby.
A month after American President Barack Obama came out with 'Say no to Bangalore, yes to Buffalo' rhetoric, which now echoes in the corridors of Capitol Hill, American companies have launched a campaign against the new law that ends tax incentives to those firms which create jobs overseas.
Pelosi told the assembled gathering and many lawmakers who year after year have approved unanimous resolutions condemning the Chinese repression of the Tibetans that "the welcoming of India of the Tibetan refugee community is a testament to the close ties between the Indian and Tibetan people."
Ignoring China's objections, United States President George W Bush met the Dalai Lama at the White House on Tuesday, on the eve of a Capitol Hill ceremony to give the Tibetan spiritual leader the Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian honour. the Dalai Lama and Bush were joined by First Lady Laura Bush for a discussion on violations of human rights in Burma. According to a report, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded cancellation of the award ceremony.
Joe Wilson, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has exhorted India-Americans to support the deal
Retired Lieutenant General J F R Jacob has said that if it is true that he needs medical care, then Pakistan is the place where he is getting it.
"After talking to the Pakistanis, I don't have any great hopes that they are going to do what ultimately is needed for their own security, and that is to deal with people who are threatening their own sovereignty," Senator Karl Levin told reporters at a Capitol Hill news briefing on his return from the region.
Hyde retired from Congress at the end of the last session and was major player and quite instrumental in steering the Henry J Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006 through the second session of Congress in 2006.
The award to the Dalai Lama is good 'for the conscience of the US,' but it does not help the Tibetans in their aspiration for freedom.
Barack Obama will be sworn in as America's 44th and first black President on Tuesday, bringing a message of hope to a nation hungry for change after eight years of George W Bush regime.The 47-year-old would be sworn in by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at noon today (2230 IST) at the Capitol Hill.Braving severe cold, an estimated two million people from all over the country have thronged Washington to be a witness to the historic occasion.
The controversial Senate Immigration reform bill passed a major legislative test, but not the last by any means, when the democratic leadership managed to round up enough vote to invoke cloture on the Bill.
'I have not made a final decision, but I am leaning very strongly towards supporting the Indo-US nuclear deal right now,'says Congressman Dan Burton in an exclusive interview.
Bush once again warned lawmakers that he will veto any bill that did not come to him in a clean fashion.
The worm affects primarily Windows 2000 but it also can affect some early versions of Microsoft XP
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the President should inaugurate the new Parliament building and not the prime minister.
With the Indian government refusing to give any timeframe for finalising the civil nuclear deal, the United States has said there was still some more time before it can say "now or never" on the agreement. "We have a little bit of time before we have to say now or never. We've got several months to continue to work with them. And actually that deal is supported by bipartisan members on Capitol Hill, as well, so they're helping to move this along," White House Press Secreta
But North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the civilian nuclear legislation as it clouds the overall atmosphere of the debate the Senate may have when it returns for the lame duck session on November 13.
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