House Lawmaker Wants Rice to Address U.S.-India Nuclear Concerns

By Keith Costa / April 4, 2006 at 5:00 AM
On the eve of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Capitol Hill to sell a landmark U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement to Congress, one House Armed Services Committee member is asking her to take this opportunity to address concerns lawmakers have raised about the pact, including whether it will promote stability in South Asia. President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh struck the deal on March 2, but the work leading up to the agreement did not involve congressional...

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