Bush visit to India centers on nuclear pact

Bush visit to India centers on nuclear pact
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006; Posted: 1:08 p.m. EST (18:08 GMT)

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- President Bush arrived Wednesday evening in India, where U.S. officials hope to hammer out a deal that would separate India's civilian and military nuclear programs.
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India's nuclear pledge
Under the proposed nuclear deal between New Delhi and Washington, the United States would supply nuclear technology and fuel desperately needed by India to fuel its energy-starved economy.

Hadley said reaching a civilian nuclear agreement "is a way we can make India a global partner with this non-proliferation."

He rejected any suggestions that any such agreement would be an end run of the international Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which India has refused to sign.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/bush.india/index.html

India desperately wants to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons program.

ChimpCo is ready and willing to let their cronies in the US nuclear industry sell them the technology and profit from it.

Pathetic, transparent and sick...