[news] Bush faces fire for deal with India on nuclear energy

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MALAN FREEMAN | Globe and Mail | 06-04-06

Bush's five-day Asian trip included stops in Afghanistan and Pakistan to back both nations' role in the fight against terrorism, but the highlight was the signing of an agreement with India aimed at lifting the 30-year-old U.S. restrictions on civilian nuclear technology co-operation with India.

"With one simple move, the President has blown a hole in the nuclear rules that the entire world has been playing by," said Ed Markey, senior Democrat on the House of Representatives energy and commerce committee, "and broken his own word to assure that we will not ship nuclear technology to India without the proper safeguards."

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