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Bush Admin hopes of nuke deal winning congressional approval
Washington, Sep 20 (UNI) The Bush Administration hopes that the US-India nuclear cooperation agreement will win Congressional approval on the last day of its current session on September 26, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's arrival here.
Dr Singh will meet President Bush at the latter's invitation at the White House on September 25. Later, he will proceed to New York to attend the US General Assembly session.
''We do believe that there's significant support in Congress that would allow us to get this (agreement) through,'' White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino said in reply to a question yesterday.
Perino said, ''I hope that they would be able to get it done next week. And one of the reasons Dr Singh will come to the White House is to help push that over the line so that we can get it done.'' The Spokeswoman promised to keep the media updated and also ''see if there's anything more to add. I would encourage you to check with the Senate to see if they have it on the schedule.'' Meanwhile, at a Congressional hearing, US Undersecretary of State William Burns urged lawmakers to approve the agreement before the House and Senate adjourn next week ahead of November presidential elections.
But some of them still have reservations about the accord fearing that the provision of extra fuel in the agreement could boost India's nuclear arsenal by freeing up its domestic uranium for weapons.
Undersecretary
Burns,
in
reply,
said
that
''there
is
no
perfect
guarantee,
as
you
know.
But
our
conviction
is
that
by
moving
in
this
direction,
we
are
deepening
the
incentive
for
India
to
focus
on
civilian
nuclear
energy
and
deepening
its
incentive
to
continue
to
move
into
the
mainstream
of
the
non-proliferation
regime.''
In
a
reply
to
another
question,
Burns
said,
''while
India
maintains
a
sovereign
right
to
test,
we
most
certainly
maintain
a
sovereign
right
to
respond.
We
believe
the
Indian
government
intends
to
uphold
the
continuation
of
the
test
moratorium
it
committed
to
in
2005.''
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