This contradicts the earlier US claim that the former Iraqi president was hand-in-glove with Osama bin Laden.
US President Barack Obama faces the same level of threat as that of his two predecessors, George W Bush and Bill Clinton, and not any higher, a senior Secret Service official has said.
The Iraqi Prime Minister shot back the following day essentially reminding Khalilzad who was in charge in Baghdad.
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 10 Downing Street memo now raises fresh doubts over US claims that previous attacks against Al-Jazeera staff were military errors.
In a missive to Bush, USCIRF chair Felice D Gaer urged him to 'ask Prime Minister Singh to ensure the immediate security of Indian citizens -- security that is undermined by recurrent attacks on religious minorities and communities.'
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'.
Burns, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs who played a key role in clinching the deal, will address a talk on "India and Pakistan: On the Heels of President Bush's Visit" on Monday.
The existence of a secret pre-war CIA operation to debrief relatives of Iraqi scientists - and the agency's failure to give their statements to the president and other policymakers -- has been uncovered by the Senate Select Committee on intelligence.
In the final step to operationalise the India-United States nuclear agreement, American President George W Bush has sent the text of the landmark agreement to the US Congress for final approval.The move by the White House comes five days after the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group granted a waiver for India to carry out nuclear commerce.In a statement, the White House said it was transmitting the text of the agreement 'concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy'.
An "annoyed" US President George W Bush has confronted Pakistan Prime Minister over the leaking of intelligence, shared by Washington, to militants by the ISI and quizzed him on who was controlling the spy agency.
The world's most notorious pair of black leather shoes, that made history, has even generated 100 jobs in Turkey.
Asserting that 'the mutual interests of India and the US are now coinciding more \nthan ever before,' the American official said, 'It is a new day in the relationship'
United States President George W Bush, who continues to be briefed on the terror attack in Mumbai by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as he spends the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at the presidential retreat in Camp David, has condoled the deaths of two Americans in the attack."Laura and I are deeply saddened that at least two Americans were killed and others injured in Wednesday's horrific attacks in Mumbai," said a statement by the President.
President George W Bush on Saturday said US has no problem with India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline but with Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
US President George W Bush said during his first visit to Afghanistan Wednesday that he was confident Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden would be brought to justice.
The Republican Congressman from Florida will replace George Tenet, who quit after criticism of the agency's handling of pre-war intelligence on Iraq.
White House said cartoon violence in Pakistan will not hamper Bush's visit.
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows that 40-51 per cent feel that 'removing Saddam Hussein from power wasn't worth it'.
Democracy and terrorism, the two pet themes of the 2005 summit, were largely left unsaid in the official briefing on the September 25 summit. The omission, observers say, speaks volumes about the realities the US is facing in the global war on terror, in responding to Russia's aggressive manoeuvrings, managing anti-US sentiment in Pakistan, and battling a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan
The latest poll has shown that Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq has gone up 10 points from November to 46 per cent.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the US president was 'pleased' with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's actions to stop cross-border terrorism.
'It is important to realise that the United States looks upon India as the world's largest democracy, as an important and vital ally in a whole host of things -- regional security, global trade, climate change'.
Singh accepted Bush's invitation to visit the US again and said a mutually convenient date would be worked out.
A hectic schedule awaits Singh who leaves on the eight-day trip on September 19 with a stopover at London where he will meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The trip will be decorative. No offical treaty to mark the conclusion of the 123 Agreement will be signed by Bush and Dr Singh
Pakistan plans to ask Bush to allow American investors, in line with IAEA safeguards.
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