The United States and India are expected to finalize decisions soon on ways to strengthen military ties between the two nations, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. During an Oct. 3 House Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan and South Asia, Mattis told lawmakers there is a "strategic convergence" between the world's two largest democracies and said "this is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to strengthen the United States’ defense, economic and political relationships with India. "There are a number...
