US Senate to vote on Indo-US nuclear deal today

[struggle4progress]

Source: Domain B

01 October 2008

Washington: The United States Senate is due to vote on legislation intended to ratify the US-India civilian nuclear agreement today. The Bill, according to Congressional sources, will be taken up for consideration at 10 am (7.30 pm IST) on Wednesday, October 1, but voting is likely to take place much later (October 2 for India) ...

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Nuclear isolation of India is formally over after 34 years
01-Oct-2008
The end of 34 years of nuclear isolation of India was formally marked when a cooperation agreement was signed between India and France for supply of French reactors and nuclear fuel. The agreement was signed after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Nicholas Sarkozy in Paris ... France has beat the US and become the first NSG country in signing the nuclear cooperation pact. Lawmakers of United States, the initiator of the NSG waiver, are still pondering over the issue. The US House of Representatives has approved the Indo-US nuclear cooperation agreement ... http://merabsp.com/UrNews.aspx?News=0000942


India looks to U.S. to cement nuclear warming
Wed Oct 1, 2008 4:26pm IST
... Critics say the deal blows a hole in global efforts to contain the spread of nuclear bombs, by allowing India to import nuclear fuel and technology even though it has tested atomic weapons and never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty. But that argument was brushed aside by the Nuclear Suppliers' Group, under intense U.S. lobbying, in September. Business opportunities, not only in nuclear trade but also elsewhere in one of the world's biggest and fastest growing emerging markets, also helped overcome any scruples. "India has got what it wanted on its own terms," said Seema Desai of political risk consultants Eurasia Group in London. "That is a sign of India's rise" ... http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35750720081001


CHRONOLOGY - Twists and turns in the India-U.S. nuclear deal
Wed Oct 1, 2008 4:56pm IST
... July 2005: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President George W. Bush agree in principle to a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal. It reverses 30 years of U.S. policy opposing nuclear cooperation with India because it developed nuclear weapons and never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT ... Dec. 2006: U.S. Congress overwhelmingly approves the deal. Three other approvals -- from the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a second time by Congress -- are still needed before nuclear transfers to India can actually take place ... July 9, 2008: India's left withdraws support for the government, and calls for a vote of no confidence. India submits a draft nuclear safeguards accord to the IAEA governors for approval, despite earlier assurances it would wait to do so until after winning the confidence vote ... http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35751820081001

[OhioChick]

1. So, the Senate is voting on the Nuclear deal

and the bailout today? I venture it's safe to say that my tax dollars will be bailing out Wall Street and I'll get mangoes to boot. :silly: