Friday, December 01, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says relations with India could suffer if Congress fails to satisfy White House objections to legislation that would allow shipments of U.S. civilian nuclear fuel to India.
Critics of the plan say the Bush administration wants to remove what they say are the few remaining restraints against the spread of nuclear weapons. The plan, which President Bush considers a priority, would reverse decades of U.S. anti-proliferation policy.
Rice's misgivings, expressed in a letter to leading lawmakers, could complicate prospects for approval of the legislation. Congressmen are trying to finish work on a final version of the bill before they leave for the year. They must reconcile competing bills passed by the House and Senate.
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