She will replace US Supreme Court Judge Justice Brett Kavanaugh who was nominated by President Donald Trump for the top post.
Ahead of United States President Barack Obama administration's Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review in December, an independent task force report on Pakistan and Afghanistan, sponsored by the respected and influential Council on Foreign Relations, has said a long-term partnership with Pakistan 'can be sustained only if Pakistan takes action against all terrorist organisations based on its soil.'
She will replace controversial Brett Kavanaugh who endured a bitter confirmation battle last year after President Donald Trump named him to the US Supreme Court.
By any standards, 2010 would be remembered as a watershed year in India-United States ties, when American President Barack Obama paid his maiden visit to India and endorsed his country's "indispensable partner" for a permanent United Nations Security Council berth, recognising New Delhi's emergence on the world stage.
The United States administration's approach to India -- including its 'slow' response to the request for questioning terror suspect David Headley and its proximity to Pakistan in the war on terror -- are steadily driving a wedge in the strong relations cultivated during the regime of former President George W Bush, noted historian Arthur Herman has observed.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked by US Congressmen if the US had explore the possibility of northwest India for counter terrorism capabilities in Afghanistan. Blinken's remarks on India assume great importance, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar
The somnolent US economy is one side and the relatively fast-growing emerging economies the other.
An interview with Anoop Prakash, Managing Director, Harley-Davidson India.
The Barack Obama administration has asserted its commitment towards implementing the India-United States civilian nuclear agreement, a landmark foreign policy achievement by the previous George W Bush government. The US Department of Energy on Thursday issued a statement, following the conclusion of a three-day meeting of the 'US-India Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group'.
The new Obama Administration on Wednesday assured India that it will proceed with the landmark Indo-US nuclear deal, signed during George W Bush's tenure, and said the two countries needed to ramp up cooperation in counter-terrorism and global issues such as climate change.
The Devyani Khobragade row, India-Pakistan bickering over Afghanistan and a nightclub act by two diplomats were some of the issues discussed at one of the sessions at Jaipur Lit Fest, reports Sanchari Bhattacharya.
'If there is to be real peace in Sri Lanka, the end of Prabhakaran has to be brought about by the Tamils themselves and not by the Sinhalese army.'
Former US Ambassador to India Frank Wisner is a happy man because he believes that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India helped 'cross the bar' and silence the critics who were convinced that President Barack Obama's predecessor George W Bush was infinitely better for India than the current chief executive of the White House.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's New York-based daughter Amrit Singh, who has been one of the fiercest critics of former United States President George W Bush and his administration for its alleged condoning of torture and other abuse of prisoners, on Wednesday turned her guns on President Barack Obama for his decision to fight to block the court-ordered release of photographs of detainee abuse by US troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and several other prisons.
US President George W Bush has announced that he intends to nominate an Indian American, Karan K Bhatia, of Maryland, as Deputy US Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
Maintaining that he is not aware as to when exactly the US-India civilian nuclear agreement is going to be formally inked, the State Department's deputy spokesman Robert Wood said the important thing is that the deal has been finalised and what remains now are just administrative matters.
United States President George W Bush will sign the law on the India-US nuclear agreement very soon, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in New Delhi on Saturday.Addressing a joint press conference with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Rice assured that the US will keep its commitments both to the 123 agreement and the Hyde Act while implementing the nuclear deal with India.Rice added that the Hyde Act was consistent with the 123 agreement.
At the White House, Press Secretary Dana Perino was asked if US President George W Bush is in touch with anybody in India or has been briefed on the issue. "Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Burns has certainly been trying to push India to try to reconcile their differences so that we can move forward. We think it's a very important programme," Perino said.
Investment guru Carl Delfeld on why he is optimistic about India.
Condolezza Rice and Dick Cheney have also not said that they were not Woodward's sources.
Bush will send an administrative official to celebrate the Diwali function with the Indian community.
The CIA's bleak assessment was in sharp contrast to the optimistic picture painted by President George W Bush.
The NASA must develop technologies and perform research that will sustain human and advanced robotic explorers far away from earth, according to Bush's budget papers.
'Pakistanis are very clever in manipulating us,' former Bush administration official tells US lawmakers.
Donald Trump on Wednesday exited the White House for the last time as the United States President to board a flight to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, which will be his permanent home after he failed to win his re-election bid.
Trump is accompanied by wife Melania, daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and top brass of his administration.
India and the US renewed 10-year Defence Framework Agreement.
"We've always said we're willing to consider refinements and that's something that we will be willing to discuss at the appropriate time," Bremer told reporters after meeting US President George W Bush.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his historic visit of the United States of America, here's a look at some landmark visits by Indian prime ministers to the United States of America.
The United States has said that it does not oppose outsourcing of jobs but would like an opening of markets in India to provide more jobs to Americans.
But Trump is about to announce his candidacy for president in 2024. And it is not clear if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the present hero of disenchanted Republicans, or Biden, who says he might seek re-election (but will decide in 2023), can checkmate Trump, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Trump picked Justice Kavanaugh from his original list of 25 judges, which also included prominent Indian-American judge Amul Thapar, from which he had said he would nominate for any vacancy in the Supreme Court.
The meeting between United States Ambassador to India Nancy Powell and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was a "pragmatic" and "necessary step", according to a media report, that said it seems "likely" the visa status of BJP's prime ministerial candidate "could change" if he is elected to the top post.
The night before Dr Singh was to meet President Bush, he said he could not sign the agreement.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances