Nick Burns confident of Congress passing civil nuclear deal

Washington, June 23 (UNI) Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns has expressed confidence that the US-India civilian nuclear deal would get Congressional approval before the end of next month.

He said the legislation being brought by House International Relations Chairman Henry Hyde has bi-partisan support and has been fine-tuned with Congressional ideas, which the administration welcomes.

''We are optimistic that this legislation can now go forward,