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 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is expressing hope that he'll have a civilian nuclear agreement with India in hand to take to Congress when he returns from his visit next week to South Asia.
In a pre-trip interview with Indian journalists, Bush talked about the difficulty in completing the pact announced last summer during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns is in New Delhi this week trying to close the deal.
Under the agreement, the U.S. would offer nuclear technology and fuel to help India build reactors to meet its growing energy needs. In exchange, India would separate its civilian and military nuclear programs, and allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency access to programs not linked to defense work.
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