08-27-2007, 11:54 PM
<b>Doubts grow over U.S.-India nuclear deal </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It contains a nonbinding clause directing the U.S. president to determine whether India is cooperating with American efforts to confront Iran about its nuclear program. That has been seized on by Indian critics as proof that Washington intends to direct New Delhi's foreign policy.
The nuclear deal does not address what happens if India tests an atomic weapon â a sign, American critics say, that New Delhi got too much out of the pact.
Indian critics, meanwhile, argue that the lack of an explicit right to test is a sign the U.S. aims to shut down the country's weapons program.
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That, Indian and American officials privately say, could end up scuttling the pact, which still has to be approved by U.S. lawmakers, delaying it to the point where it is no longer viable.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It contains a nonbinding clause directing the U.S. president to determine whether India is cooperating with American efforts to confront Iran about its nuclear program. That has been seized on by Indian critics as proof that Washington intends to direct New Delhi's foreign policy.
The nuclear deal does not address what happens if India tests an atomic weapon â a sign, American critics say, that New Delhi got too much out of the pact.
Indian critics, meanwhile, argue that the lack of an explicit right to test is a sign the U.S. aims to shut down the country's weapons program.
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That, Indian and American officials privately say, could end up scuttling the pact, which still has to be approved by U.S. lawmakers, delaying it to the point where it is no longer viable.
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