With Pakistan seeking more international aid following the devastating floods, the Obama Administration and key Congressional leaders are now considering allocating more money under the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Bill that allocated US $ 7.5 billion to Islamabad.
The Barack Obama administration did not get off to a very good start with India, a former US Ambassador to India has said, but asserted that during the forthcoming presidential visit there will be enough aggregated forward movement that can put this perception behind.
Obama's visit coincides with a critical stage of America's longest war in Afghanistan. This will occupy much of the behind-the-scenes activity, which essentially is the core of each other's national security concern.
Noted South Asia analysts have warned the Obama administration to stay away from trouble-shooting in Kashmir despite the upsurge of violence in the Valley that has prompted some policy wonks urge the United States to be pro-active acquire a high profile vis--vis this dispute to stave off another India-Pakistan conflict if the situation unravels.
United States President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday refuted reports of infighting among his advisers over key Cabinet appointments and a shakeup in his transition team, saying a very organised process is taking place to select the finalists.
In all the three areas of export, innovation and investment, the Obama Administration is looking at India for playing a major role, which was evident during the November visit of the US President to India.
A major 'deliverable' for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit last fall to the United States was the launching of the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative.
After intense pressure from the United States, Pakistan has reportedly agreed to launch a full-scale offensive against the Taliban and other extremist organisations in their stronghold North Waziristan, but has also clarified to the Obama administration that the timing of the military offensive would be decided by it.
Echoing India's concerns over Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's move toward reconciliation and reintegration of segments of the Taliban into the Afghan government -- which has been endorsed by the Obama administration -- Dr Abdullah Abdullah, erstwhile Afghan foreign minister and Karzai's nemesis, who was a candidate in the controversial 2009 presidential elections, said pursuing such a policy would be a futile exercise.
The US welcomed the election of India as a non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council along with South Africa and Brazil and hoped these countries would play an important and constructive role in resolving key global issues together.
Dismissing Afghanistan's demand to strike at terror sanctuaries across the border, US has said that it has no plans to send combat troops to Pakistan.
Al Qaeda is trying to topple the government in nuclear powered Pakistan, the US warned on Sunday. Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration is trying "to make sure that terrorists do not in fact, bring down the Pakistani government, which is a nuclear power."
The 30-year-old Democrat ran a spirited race in the 7th Congressional District in New Jersey, which is a Republican bastion.
"We have removed the leader of an organisation that has continued to plot against and unleash attacks on American and coalition forces, to wage war against the Afghan people, and align itself with extremist groups like Al-Qaeda," the US president said in a statement.
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Amid reports that the Obama administration was upset over Indian officials going into the details provided by Headley, State Department spokesman P J Crowley said the US values cooperation with India on combating terrorism but it places responsibility on both countries.
The top Obama Administration official said the US will negotiate agreements that commit its trading partners to protecting American intellectual property, such as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
"This government's going to borrow 41 cents out of every dollar it spends this year. I mean, this is a real sacrifice Americans are making, and they're sacrificing their children's and grand children's future in order to build infrastructure in Pakistan," Senator Jim Rish said at a Congressional hearing.
The US Department of Treasury on Thursday designating two of Pakistan's most wanted terrorists, Lashkar-e Jhangvi senior leader Amanullah Afridi for acting for or on behalf of the LeJ and LeJ chief operational commander Mati ur-Rehman for acting for or on behalf of the Al Qaeda. The Treasury also designated a third individual, Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior leader of Jaish-e Mohammed.
Due to India's limited dependence on external demand and strong fiscal and monetary stimulus measures, the global economic and financial crisis had a relatively muted effect on the country, the Obama Administration told the US Congress on Thursday.
A day after the US dragged China to the World Trade Organisation, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is slated to brief two key congressional committees later on Thursday on how the Obama administration plans to make Beijing provide a more-level playing field to American firms.
The security of Asia's dominant powers, India and China, cannot be viewed as a zero sum game, a top Pentagon official said on Thursday, asserting that Indo-US proximity should not be seen a threat to China, and vice versa.
A steel workers union in the US has filed a trade case identifying "illegal" Chinese practices that threaten America's renewable energy sector and asked the Obama Administration to sue Beijing over its green energy subsidies, a demand swiftly supported by a key Senator.
The Obama administration has said the decision by a Florida pastor to burn the holy Quran on September 11 is 'un-American' and warned that such actions could endanger US' interests in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
It is not unknown for politicians to enter office with one set of assumptions, or worldview, and adopt an altogether different one shortly after assuming office.
Appreciating its 'responsible' behaviour, the United States has said it will not push India to sign the Non Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 'for quite some time,' but sought New Delhi's cooperation to strengthen the global non-proliferation regime.
Amid increasing pressure from the Obama administration to blacklist the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Azam Tariq, the militant organisation's key spokesperson has said that "it makes no difference if the Americans blacklist the TTP or not, our war against the Jews and their 'friends' will remain forever".
'While US officials understand and accept India's desire for retaliation, they still don't want to encourage steps that would likely lead to war.'
"The United States and Chinas Asian neighbours remain concerned about the pace and scope of Chinas current military modernisation efforts, including its quantitative and qualitative modernisation of its nuclear capabilities," the Obama administration said in its Nuclear Posture Review report released by it on Tuesday.
Transition sources said Trump is close to selecting 55-year-old Tellis to be the next US envoy to India to replace Richard Verma who was appointed US Ambassador to India by outgoing President Barack Obama in 2015.
The administration's attempt to buy an unused prison in Thomson, Illinois to relocate the 180 remaining detainees in Guantanamo Bay, which also includes the five conspirators, has also been blocked by the Republicans, the New York Daily News reported.
The United States has an excellent military to military relationship with India, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
Terming United States President Barack Obama's maiden trip to India as a triumph, noted American experts cutting across ideological spectrum on Monday said that it has taken the Indo-US relationship to an altogether new level.
Two young girls attired in a lehenga and a Bengali saree welcomed United States first couple Barack Obama and Michelle on Sunday to the ITC Maurya in New Delhi where they will be staying for the next two days.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur will personally receive United States President Barack Obama when he arrives at the Delhi airport on November 7.
'In the struggle India is going through, the US must be seen very clearly as being in India's corner. Pakistani-based terrorism is not a problem that India faces alone. It's part of a common problem that the US faces as well,' says India expert Ashley Tellis.
Closed for renovation, DumPukht, the famous Indian cuisine restaurant at Maurya Sheraton in Delhi, will be ready just in time for the high-profile visit of Barack Obama and his wife, who will stay at the ITC hotel that is engaged in extensive preparations for hosting the United States President. Besides working on various delicacies for the Obamas, who will have a two-day stay in Delhi, the hotel is also preparing to treat them with traditional Indian therapies.
The letter, signed by 130 lawmakers, was sent by Timothy Ryan and Mike Michaud.
The Obama Administration has appointed Indian-American to a key IT position, making him head of an agency that facilitates the sharing and access of terrorism-related information within various wings of the US Government.
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