Done Deal

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White House pool reporter Goyal asked Dana Perino a question in today’s regular press briefing (I guess a few reporters still bother to show up to hear what the Bush administration has to say):

Go ahead, Goyal.

Q Two quick questions — thank you, Dana. One, as far as this deal to be signed by the President this afternoon, what you think this deal will do in the future as far as U.S.-India relations are concerned? You think this deal will strengthen —

MS. PERINO: You know what I think I’ll do? In about an hour and a half, you can hear the President himself, and he’ll say it better than I will, so I’ll refer you to him. [Link]

And with that I believe Goyal wet himself. The President himself would appear to take THAT question.

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Was the Secret Service really that ok with him being surrounded by this many brown folks at once? I’m just saying.

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p>The President signed in to law today H.R. 7081, the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act. The deal was passed by Congress just last week.

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p>Nothing says “Happy Diwali” like nuclear power (ummm…to power all the lights I mean):

Laura and I send our best wishes to the hundreds of millions of people in India and around the world who will begin celebrating the ancient festival of Diwali later this month. (Applause.) As we offer our prayers for a happy new year, we can be thankful that the relationship between the United States and India has never been more vibrant and more hopeful.

And it’s now my honor to sign the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act. (Applause.)

(The bill is signed.) (Applause.)… [Link]

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p>His pronunciation of Diwali sounded ok to me. For those interested you can watch the whole signing ceremony here:

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8 thoughts on “Done Deal”

  3. This was not an easy treaty to pass. There were obstacles on both sides, but that it passed should be credited to both Bush and Singh. Both men could have simply thought it was too much trouble, with little immediate benefit. They both demonstrated long term, strategic thinking.

  5. An uncle was telling me that this is going to start an energy revolution because now American companies have the okay to set up nuclear power plants in India.