The US president was received by Lee at the presidential palace Istana, where they were expected to discuss everything from the summit preparations to America's tariff threats.
Mulford is understood to have conveyed the US' displeasure over the uncertainty that has come to surround the crucial initiative between the two countries. In his third meeting in four days with leaders and officials, the US envoy is believed to have sought to know what the government is planning to do to push the deal that is being vigorously opposed by the Left Front. The meeting came a day after Singh said the "process of evolving a meaningful consensus is still on."
George Bush told US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker that he was thinking of hitting Iranian targets across the border.The US has also asked the Islamic nation to stop interfering in Iraq, failing which it would face American retribution.
US Ambassador David Mulford said that the deal was good for India and would make the country the centre of a civil nuclear industry in the world. "If this is not processed in the present Congress, it is unlikely that this deal will be offered again to India. It certainly would not be revived and offered by any administration, Democratic or Republican, before the year 2010, which is after the life of this administration," he said.
US Ambassador David Mulford on Thursday expressed concern that aspiring Fulbright scholars wanting to visit India are having problems in getting their projects cleared and visas issued by Indian authorities.
K Subrahamnayam, strategic thinker and staunch supporter of the deal debates the issue with rediff.com Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt.
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley said these are by far the strongest measures ever imposed on North Korea.
In a statement, US Ambassador to India David Mulford noted that scholars and students from India are valued members of its higher education communities.
Trump suggested a stronger military response is imminent.
The Italian ambassador Mariani had a head injury and was admitted to the Batticaloa hospital while the US envoy had minor injuries, doctors said.
"Pakistan also faces an insurgency in Baluchistan, which Pakistan has also not been able to resolve physically," Wood said.
The White House and State Department commemorate other religious traditions, including a Jewish Passover Seder, as well as Christmas and Easter holidays.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday rejected Congress member V Narayanasamy's privilege notice.
Richardson's entry in the race for the Democratic Party nomination makes the 2008 race one of the most ever diverse group assembled.
India and the United States on Thursday signed a key pact for exchange of intelligence on terror on a real time basis that include biographic information of known and suspected terrorists.
"We have changed laws in the US when we negotiated the 123 agreement. Both sides have agreed and it will move ahead," US Ambassador to India David Mulford said. The deal will help India meet its energy needs, he said.
Richard Rahul Verma, the first Indian American to serve as US Ambassador to New delhi, quips that surviving the first month in India is his first goal.
FATCA will facilitate flow of financial information between countries.
UN must become better at solving problems: US
Mulford said the US and India were together in fight against terrorism and that Washington had offered its services in investigations into the Mumbai bombings, particularly in forensic examinations.
The US State Department on Friday released a part of emails by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton related to a 2012 terrorist attack on the US consulate in Libya's Benghazi.
President Donald Trump talked to the Saudi King, during which the latter flatly denied having any knowledge of the missing journalist.
President A P J Abdul Kalam will inaugurate a two-day Indo-US Nanotechnology conclave on February 22-23.
The names of two Indian-Americans -- Seema Verma and Bobby Jindal -- have emerged as possible candidates.
The United States wants India to do more in developing a world-class infrastructure, energy security, creation of true national markets and protection of intellectual property rights to attract American investments.
With business worth billions of dollars to be gained from India, American groups are working overtime to facilitate the United States' participation in the Asian powerhouse's nuclear sector, says a Washington Post report.
Nuclear energy companies are going to be a significant part of the US trade delegation, the largest ever to any country, to visit India later this month, US Ambassador David Mulford has said.
The ambassador appreciated the relief operations conducted by the Pakistan Army.
India would have to present a credible plan of separating civil and nuclear establishments before the American Congress decided on lifting of sanctions on it, says Mulford.
Reacting to Khan's detention at a US airport, for the third time in seven years, Sena said despite this "common occurrence," the "tolerant actor" goes to the US repeatedly.
The United States on Wednesday expressed concern over punitive action taken by the National Democratic Alliance government against scores of non government organisation, asserting that a vibrant civil society was important for democratic traditions and that those who act peacefully to seek change are not anti-government.
The top American envoy at the UN also reminded Russia and China that they had promised to go the sanctions route when passing the UN Security Council resolution this June.
President A P J Abdul Kalam and US President George Bush have already ratified the treaty.
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