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The US and India: Nuclear Power and Atomic Weapons
India defied the US and the rest of the world when it tested an atomic bomb. Now, Washington's agreed to sell India nuclear fuel and technology. The world's largest democracy is growing fast and needs energy badly. Will this be a bonanza for business and a boost for security? Will it mean the end of efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons? Plus, President Bush and the Pentagon discuss strategies for victory in Iraq, and former President Jimmy Carter's being called "cynical" and "anti-Semitic" for a new book that criticizes Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIndia defied the US and the rest of the world when it tested an atomic bomb. Now, Washington's agreed to sell India nuclear fuel and technology. The world's largest democracy is growing fast and needs energy badly. Will this be a bonanza for business and a boost for security? Will it mean the end of efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons? Plus, President Bush and the Pentagon discuss strategies for victory in Iraq, and former President Jimmy Carter's being called "cynical" and "anti-Semitic" for a new book that criticizes Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
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3 storiesBush Meets with Pentagon on Increasing US Troops in Iraq
President Bush won't announce his new Iraq strategy until next year, and today he went to the Pentagon to get proposals from the Joint Chiefs of Staff . The Los Angeles Times reports that the military has a plan to satisfy his demand to focus on victory.
Read the story6 minA Nuclear India
With support from both parties in Congress, President Bush is about to sign an agreement to sell India nuclear fuel and technology. Under the deal, India's 14 civilian reactors will be open to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agenc y, but eight military reactors will not.
Read the story31 minJimmy Carter Draws Heat over Israel-Palestine Book
As President, Jimmy Carter brought Israel together with Egypt in 1978. In 2002, he won the Nobel Peace Prize , in part for his work in the Middle East . But his latest book has raised a furor for its descriptions of what's going on in that region and who's responsible. Carter's 26th book is Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid .
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