Thursday, October 30, 2008
41% favor Obama, 24 % support McCain, 34% are undecided
A national survey of Asian American voters done jointly by four universities says a sizable section of this group remains undecided, a factor that sets them up to play a 'pivotal' role in the outcome of the election.
The study, released October 6 in Washington, was conducted by researchers from four leading universities: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside)and University of Southern California (USC).
The 2008 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) shows that 41 percent of Asian Americans are likely to favor Sen. Barack Obama, while 24 percent support Sen. John McCain.
In battleground states, where either candidate could win on Election Day, Obama leads with 43 percent of Asian Americans supporting him and 22 percent favoring McCain.
The study shows a high proportion of undecided Asian American likely voters at 34 percent, way above the national average of 8 percent.
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The study, released October 6 in Washington, was conducted by researchers from four leading universities: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside)and University of Southern California (USC).
The 2008 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) shows that 41 percent of Asian Americans are likely to favor Sen. Barack Obama, while 24 percent support Sen. John McCain.
In battleground states, where either candidate could win on Election Day, Obama leads with 43 percent of Asian Americans supporting him and 22 percent favoring McCain.
The study shows a high proportion of undecided Asian American likely voters at 34 percent, way above the national average of 8 percent.
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Labels: Asian American voters, Barack Obama, John McCain, NAAS, national survey, The State University of New Jersey, undecided, University of California, US Presidential Elections, voters, Washington
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Inaugural ‘Green India Summit' in Washington, D.C.
Over the last few years India has managed to control energy use even while maintaining a high growth rate said India's Minister of Power Sushil Kumar Shinde at the ‘Green India Summit' held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. October 15.
The event attended by scores of business representatives and officials, including U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen, and former U.S.Defense Secretary Bill Cohen, was jointly sponsored by the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
"For us in India, sustainable development is an article of faith. We intend to use all available energy resources towards the well being of the people of India: a large percentage of whom have remained deprived from access to commercial energy," Shinde pointed out.
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The event attended by scores of business representatives and officials, including U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen, and former U.S.Defense Secretary Bill Cohen, was jointly sponsored by the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
"For us in India, sustainable development is an article of faith. We intend to use all available energy resources towards the well being of the people of India: a large percentage of whom have remained deprived from access to commercial energy," Shinde pointed out.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
'Secret' letter's release renews battle over nuclear pact
As international negotiators met in Vienna to decide the fate of the contentious nuclear energy agreement between India and the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government found itself facing a revived political battle at home over the deal because of the release of a secret letter in Washington.
The letter's disclosure caught India's government by surprise, a senior government official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The official added that opponents of the deal probably made it public to try to weaken India in the final stages of efforts to win approval from the 45-country Nuclear Suppliers Group in Vienna.
But more than the Vienna deliberations, the Indian official said, Singh faces the bigger challenge of rescuing the government's plummeting popularity.
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The letter's disclosure caught India's government by surprise, a senior government official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The official added that opponents of the deal probably made it public to try to weaken India in the final stages of efforts to win approval from the 45-country Nuclear Suppliers Group in Vienna.
But more than the Vienna deliberations, the Indian official said, Singh faces the bigger challenge of rescuing the government's plummeting popularity.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Democrats Barack Obama calls for better India-Pakistan ties
U .S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on July 22 that the U.S.-led war against militants in Afghanistan might be made easier if the United States worked to improve trust between India and Pakistan.
Obama, who is on a foreign fact-finding trip and visited Afghanistan over the weekend, described Afghanistan as the central front in the war against terrorism and said the situation there was "perilous and urgent".
Trying to reduce tensions between traditional rivals India and Pakistan could help, he said.
"A lot of what drives, it appears, motivations on the Pakistan side of the border, still has to do with their concerns and suspicions about India," Obama told a news conference in the Jordanian capital Amman.
"We haven't had a conversation between the Indians and the Pakistanis that has been sustained and meaningful about how they can arrive at a more sensible arrangement between the two countries that could relieve some of the pressure and help us go after ... some of these forces along the border regions."
Relations between India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, have become strained again despite an ongoing peace process.
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Obama, who is on a foreign fact-finding trip and visited Afghanistan over the weekend, described Afghanistan as the central front in the war against terrorism and said the situation there was "perilous and urgent".
Trying to reduce tensions between traditional rivals India and Pakistan could help, he said.
"A lot of what drives, it appears, motivations on the Pakistan side of the border, still has to do with their concerns and suspicions about India," Obama told a news conference in the Jordanian capital Amman.
"We haven't had a conversation between the Indians and the Pakistanis that has been sustained and meaningful about how they can arrive at a more sensible arrangement between the two countries that could relieve some of the pressure and help us go after ... some of these forces along the border regions."
Relations between India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, have become strained again despite an ongoing peace process.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Rare Gandhi recording found in Washington, D.C.
A rare recording of a historic speech by Mahatma Gandhi, one of the only two of him speaking in English, made a few months before his assassination has been found in Washington.
It had been lovingly preserved for 60 years by John Cosgrove, a former president of the National Press Club in the U.S. capital, who discovered the significance of the recording during a chance encounter with Rajmohan Gandhi, Mahatma's grandson and biographer.
Cosgrove's copy came from Alfred Wagg, a journalist who recorded the speech in New Delhi and produced four 78-rpm LPs that included both Gandhi's voice as well as Wagg's own commentary about the man revered as Father of the Indian Nation, the Washington Post reported July 1.
The speech made on April 2, 1947 is one of the only two occasions when he was recorded speaking in English, Rajmohan Gandhi told Cosgrove when he came to the National Press Club last April to promote the Mahatma's new biography. The other speech about religious issues was recorded in the 1930s.
Millions of people around the world think they have heard Mahatma Gandhi speaking in English - although it was actually Gandhi channelled through the voice of actor Ben Kingsley in the famous 1982 movie by Richard Attenborough.
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It had been lovingly preserved for 60 years by John Cosgrove, a former president of the National Press Club in the U.S. capital, who discovered the significance of the recording during a chance encounter with Rajmohan Gandhi, Mahatma's grandson and biographer.
Cosgrove's copy came from Alfred Wagg, a journalist who recorded the speech in New Delhi and produced four 78-rpm LPs that included both Gandhi's voice as well as Wagg's own commentary about the man revered as Father of the Indian Nation, the Washington Post reported July 1.
The speech made on April 2, 1947 is one of the only two occasions when he was recorded speaking in English, Rajmohan Gandhi told Cosgrove when he came to the National Press Club last April to promote the Mahatma's new biography. The other speech about religious issues was recorded in the 1930s.
Millions of people around the world think they have heard Mahatma Gandhi speaking in English - although it was actually Gandhi channelled through the voice of actor Ben Kingsley in the famous 1982 movie by Richard Attenborough.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Washington, Islamabad joint investigation into border incident
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi agreed to conduct a joint military investigation into the recent U.S. cross border bombings by U.S. forces that allegedly led to the death of 11 Pakistani soldiers on June 11.
While the Bush administration 'regreted' the incident, and may be in favor of Islamabad making peace with tribes in the North west frontier, it would not brook any negotiations with terrorists, Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, speaking to media in Paris on June 13, on the sidelines of the Afghanistan donor countries' meeting, said.
He called the Rice-Qureshi meeting 'positive', a significant follow-up in the backdrop of Pakistani accusations that the U.S. military was trigger happy on the border. Qureshi is expected to visit Washington by mid July, Boucher indicated during the briefing.
"They did talk about the border incident. They discussed and supported the idea of a joint military investigation. That's been agreed between our militaries. They agreed that we are partners in the war on terror; we need to work together. The terrorism coming from Pakistan/Afghanistan border region is a threat to both peoples, Pakistan - actually Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and elsewhere," Boucher said.
"The Secretary expressed our regret for the deaths of the Pakistani soldiers in particular, knowing that they too are allies in the war on terror," he added.
The two leaders also discussed overall problems of extremism, including need for development in the border regions, as well as security, the problems that Pakistan is facing in financial matters, in energy and food, he said.
Boucher will visit Pakistan in early July and Qureshi is expected in Washington after that in a bid "to continue our high-level dialogue with the new government," Boucher indicated.
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While the Bush administration 'regreted' the incident, and may be in favor of Islamabad making peace with tribes in the North west frontier, it would not brook any negotiations with terrorists, Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, speaking to media in Paris on June 13, on the sidelines of the Afghanistan donor countries' meeting, said.
He called the Rice-Qureshi meeting 'positive', a significant follow-up in the backdrop of Pakistani accusations that the U.S. military was trigger happy on the border. Qureshi is expected to visit Washington by mid July, Boucher indicated during the briefing.
"They did talk about the border incident. They discussed and supported the idea of a joint military investigation. That's been agreed between our militaries. They agreed that we are partners in the war on terror; we need to work together. The terrorism coming from Pakistan/Afghanistan border region is a threat to both peoples, Pakistan - actually Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and elsewhere," Boucher said.
"The Secretary expressed our regret for the deaths of the Pakistani soldiers in particular, knowing that they too are allies in the war on terror," he added.
The two leaders also discussed overall problems of extremism, including need for development in the border regions, as well as security, the problems that Pakistan is facing in financial matters, in energy and food, he said.
Boucher will visit Pakistan in early July and Qureshi is expected in Washington after that in a bid "to continue our high-level dialogue with the new government," Boucher indicated.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Workers from India suspend hunger strike with rally outside Department of Justice
Approximately 100 workers from India who came to the post-Katrina Gulf Coast in 2006 with H2B visas under a guest-worker program, held a rally and press conference outside the Department of Justice in Washington,D.C., June 11, to demand the Attorney General grant them "continued presence" under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Led by the Indian Workers Congress, the organizers used the occasion to suspend a 29-day hunger strike undertaken by some 20 workers, five of whom were hospitalized according to a release from the California based advocacy organization National Network of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR).
After the workers broke the fast in a ceremony blessed by several faith leaders, a delegation of supporters went into the Department of Justice and met with Constituent Relations Associate Director Julie Warren, who they said had agreed to set a meeting between the workers and the DoJ Civil Rights Division for the week of June 16th.
"Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act because we recognized that modern day slavery exists and that workers trafficked into the United States should be able to place their faith in the United States justice system," Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is quoted saying at the rally, one week after he and 17 Congressional colleagues, including Washington, D.C. Rep.
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Led by the Indian Workers Congress, the organizers used the occasion to suspend a 29-day hunger strike undertaken by some 20 workers, five of whom were hospitalized according to a release from the California based advocacy organization National Network of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR).
After the workers broke the fast in a ceremony blessed by several faith leaders, a delegation of supporters went into the Department of Justice and met with Constituent Relations Associate Director Julie Warren, who they said had agreed to set a meeting between the workers and the DoJ Civil Rights Division for the week of June 16th.
"Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act because we recognized that modern day slavery exists and that workers trafficked into the United States should be able to place their faith in the United States justice system," Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is quoted saying at the rally, one week after he and 17 Congressional colleagues, including Washington, D.C. Rep.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
United States wants India to move forward on controversial nuclear deal in Doha
The U.S. wants India to quickly move forward on their civil nuclear deal, shoulder its "international responsibilities" as an important global economic power and stop being "a roadblock" in the Doha world trade talks.
Washington also hopes India will make more progress in areas such as caps on foreign equity in retail, insurance, and financial services. It would like to see more protection for intellectual property, particularly in the life sciences, where India seeks to attract more investment.
"Indeed, we hope India will propel the bilateral relationship forward by working with us on a high-standard bilateral investment treaty," U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Christopher Padilla said herein Washington on June 9, at a panel discussion on 'U.S.-India Synergy: Facing the Economic Challenges of the 21st Century' at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
"The benefits for India are clear, and we hope that India's government will choose to move forward as quickly as possible to fully realize the potential of this historic agreement," Padilla said. "It would be tragic for India to forgo this opportunity for a strategic partnership with the United States."
India is proof of the remarkable effects that opening up an economy can have on a country's citizens, Padilla said. "So it is disappointing that India has been a roadblock to success in the Doha negotiations," insisting that it and other developing countries be protected from any real market opening in industrial goods or agriculture or services, while it asks developed countries to do ever more, he said.
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Washington also hopes India will make more progress in areas such as caps on foreign equity in retail, insurance, and financial services. It would like to see more protection for intellectual property, particularly in the life sciences, where India seeks to attract more investment.
"Indeed, we hope India will propel the bilateral relationship forward by working with us on a high-standard bilateral investment treaty," U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Christopher Padilla said herein Washington on June 9, at a panel discussion on 'U.S.-India Synergy: Facing the Economic Challenges of the 21st Century' at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
"The benefits for India are clear, and we hope that India's government will choose to move forward as quickly as possible to fully realize the potential of this historic agreement," Padilla said. "It would be tragic for India to forgo this opportunity for a strategic partnership with the United States."
India is proof of the remarkable effects that opening up an economy can have on a country's citizens, Padilla said. "So it is disappointing that India has been a roadblock to success in the Doha negotiations," insisting that it and other developing countries be protected from any real market opening in industrial goods or agriculture or services, while it asks developed countries to do ever more, he said.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
He taught his reporters, administrative employees the meaning of integrity
As I mentioned in my tribute to Mr. Raju on my television program, his importance to so many of us in the profession of journalism is simply immeasurable.
I was but a young lad, editing a small weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C., working the extra odd job here and there to finance my pursuit of a graduate degree at American University. He spotted something in my work in 1976 and astounded me with an offer to become an editor of India Abroad. I was dum founded because, by my own estimate of myself at the time, I was far too young to be handed responsibility for a newspaper that clearly was heading toward becoming the main medium of our then infant community. But Mr. Raju thought otherwise and asked me to give him a ‘yes' or ‘no' answer as soon as possible.
I fudged, thought about it, then passed up the offer. I ended up becoming the editor a year later of a brand new newspaper, News India.
But by late 1979, I walked into the Park Avenue offices of India Abroad in Manhattan. I asked to meet with Mr. Raju and he obliged. Was his offer to me still good, I asked. At first he gave me that miffed look.
Then he spoke, somewhat noncommittal, "You should have jumped on board the first time I asked you". There were a few minutes of silence as he appeared to size me up.
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I was but a young lad, editing a small weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C., working the extra odd job here and there to finance my pursuit of a graduate degree at American University. He spotted something in my work in 1976 and astounded me with an offer to become an editor of India Abroad. I was dum founded because, by my own estimate of myself at the time, I was far too young to be handed responsibility for a newspaper that clearly was heading toward becoming the main medium of our then infant community. But Mr. Raju thought otherwise and asked me to give him a ‘yes' or ‘no' answer as soon as possible.
I fudged, thought about it, then passed up the offer. I ended up becoming the editor a year later of a brand new newspaper, News India.
But by late 1979, I walked into the Park Avenue offices of India Abroad in Manhattan. I asked to meet with Mr. Raju and he obliged. Was his offer to me still good, I asked. At first he gave me that miffed look.
Then he spoke, somewhat noncommittal, "You should have jumped on board the first time I asked you". There were a few minutes of silence as he appeared to size me up.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
South Asians have high profile at meeting with Pope
South Asians took front and center seats in an audience with Pope Benedict the XVI, the evening of April 17, at the special Inter religious Gathering at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington. They were visible in the audience of a few hundred people and leaders of various faiths, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Jains, in particular that met the revered head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Representatives of four religions drawing links to India and practiced by millions in the United States got to greet the Pope. Hinduism, which according to the commentator, is practiced by 1.8 million people in the U.S., was represented by Dr.
Uma Mysorekar from New York, Director of The Hindu Temple Society of North America.
She spoke to the Pope for about 40 seconds when greeting him.
Among the five young religious leaders who shook hands personally with the Pope and presented him religious momentos was Ravi Gupta, 25, Assistant Professor of Religion at Centre College, Kentucky, who offered the symbol 'Om' to the Pope.
Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Jain and Hindu communities were well represented in the 200-strong crowd seated to hear the papal address which encouraged religious leaders to carry the interreligious dialogue to deeper meanings about the origin and life.
Bishop Richard Sklba, chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, noted that the theme of the meeting was ‘Religions Working for Peace' through the meeting.
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Representatives of four religions drawing links to India and practiced by millions in the United States got to greet the Pope. Hinduism, which according to the commentator, is practiced by 1.8 million people in the U.S., was represented by Dr.
Uma Mysorekar from New York, Director of The Hindu Temple Society of North America.
She spoke to the Pope for about 40 seconds when greeting him.
Among the five young religious leaders who shook hands personally with the Pope and presented him religious momentos was Ravi Gupta, 25, Assistant Professor of Religion at Centre College, Kentucky, who offered the symbol 'Om' to the Pope.
Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Jain and Hindu communities were well represented in the 200-strong crowd seated to hear the papal address which encouraged religious leaders to carry the interreligious dialogue to deeper meanings about the origin and life.
Bishop Richard Sklba, chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, noted that the theme of the meeting was ‘Religions Working for Peace' through the meeting.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Washington flexible on Mukherjee's call for more time on nuclear deal
Washington will continue to follow developments on the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation deal bogged down in domestic politics, and may relax the pressure to expedite it, going by Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's two-day visit here starting March 23rd. Secretary Rice has accepted an invitation to visit India in the near future.
"… we will continue to work on that agreement. The Indians are now in a process of working with the IAEA and we'll follow that progress, but we will have further discussions on that matter later," Rice said at a joint press briefing following her meeting with Mukherjee on March 23.
Mukherjee also met with President Bush on March 24th night for a half hour, and said he "had the opportunity to discuss thoroughly," regional and international issues.
During his visit, Mukherjee squarely put the blame on Opposition Left parties in India for the stalled nuclear deal, calling their stance "ideological" but indicated the Manmohan Singh government was negotiating full steam.
Pointing out that of the four stages required for the nuclear deal to become a reality, the 123 Agreement between India and the U.S.A. had been initialed. The second stage, to have the approval of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on an India-specific safeguard agreement, the agreement was yet to be initialed and approved by the Board of Governors. "In that stage, we are currently engaged with various political parties who are supporters of our coalition government in India. And the discussion is still going on."
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"… we will continue to work on that agreement. The Indians are now in a process of working with the IAEA and we'll follow that progress, but we will have further discussions on that matter later," Rice said at a joint press briefing following her meeting with Mukherjee on March 23.
Mukherjee also met with President Bush on March 24th night for a half hour, and said he "had the opportunity to discuss thoroughly," regional and international issues.
During his visit, Mukherjee squarely put the blame on Opposition Left parties in India for the stalled nuclear deal, calling their stance "ideological" but indicated the Manmohan Singh government was negotiating full steam.
Pointing out that of the four stages required for the nuclear deal to become a reality, the 123 Agreement between India and the U.S.A. had been initialed. The second stage, to have the approval of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on an India-specific safeguard agreement, the agreement was yet to be initialed and approved by the Board of Governors. "In that stage, we are currently engaged with various political parties who are supporters of our coalition government in India. And the discussion is still going on."
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Patel named Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications
President Bush on March 5, nominated Neil Suryakant Patel, currently Assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney, for the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Patel automatically also heads the National Telecommunications and Information administration, a key body that is overseeing the transformation from analog to digital technology nationwide.
Telecommunications giants like US Telecom are welcoming his nomination.
Patel, a resident of Washington, D.C., is one of 5 nominations that go to the U.S. Senate which will have to confirm his appointment before he can take over.
Meanwhile, Patel continues to serve as Assistant to the Vice President for Domestic and Economic Policy. Prior to taking up that position, he served as Staff Secretary to the Vice President.
Before joining the Republican administration, Patel was Assistant General Counsel at UUNET Technologies, Inc. He has a bachelor's degree from Trinity College and his JD from Georgetown University.
"Let us congratulate Neil on his nomination and his continued public service, on behalf of the American people and as part of the President's Administration," said the Office of Public Liaison at the White House, when it distributed the press release from the White House.
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If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Patel automatically also heads the National Telecommunications and Information administration, a key body that is overseeing the transformation from analog to digital technology nationwide.
Telecommunications giants like US Telecom are welcoming his nomination.
Patel, a resident of Washington, D.C., is one of 5 nominations that go to the U.S. Senate which will have to confirm his appointment before he can take over.
Meanwhile, Patel continues to serve as Assistant to the Vice President for Domestic and Economic Policy. Prior to taking up that position, he served as Staff Secretary to the Vice President.
Before joining the Republican administration, Patel was Assistant General Counsel at UUNET Technologies, Inc. He has a bachelor's degree from Trinity College and his JD from Georgetown University.
"Let us congratulate Neil on his nomination and his continued public service, on behalf of the American people and as part of the President's Administration," said the Office of Public Liaison at the White House, when it distributed the press release from the White House.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
United States - to study missile defense system
The United States and India will study the possibility of a joint missile defense system, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on February 27, stressing talks were only in their early stages.
"We're just beginning to talk about perhaps conducting a joint analysis about what India's needs would be in the realm of missile defense and where cooperation between us might help advance that," Gates told reporters.
Indian missile-defense cooperation with the United States could complicate relations with China, Russia and Pakistan.
Until now, India's policy has been to develop its missile shield domestically, closing a potential multi billion-dollar market to American manufacturers Boeing Co, Lockheed Martin Corp, Raytheon Co and Northrop Grumman Corp -the biggest players in the emerging ground, air, sea and space based U.S. missile defense system.
But this may be changing in line with a break through Indian decision to buy Lockheed's C130J military transport aircraft earlier this year, U.S. defense officials said.
Gates, in New Delhi to strengthen Washington's strategic ties and make a sales pitch for U.S. arms manufacturers, said the Pentagon wanted to build a relationship focused on long-term cooperation with India, noting it was independent of the current impasse over a controversial civil-nuclear deal sought by Washington.
"We're not looking for quick results or big leaps forward," Gates told reporters.
"But rather a steady expansion of this relationship in a way that leaves everybody comfortable that we're not moving too fast and that works in terms of Indian domestic politics and also works for us."
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"We're just beginning to talk about perhaps conducting a joint analysis about what India's needs would be in the realm of missile defense and where cooperation between us might help advance that," Gates told reporters.
Indian missile-defense cooperation with the United States could complicate relations with China, Russia and Pakistan.
Until now, India's policy has been to develop its missile shield domestically, closing a potential multi billion-dollar market to American manufacturers Boeing Co, Lockheed Martin Corp, Raytheon Co and Northrop Grumman Corp -the biggest players in the emerging ground, air, sea and space based U.S. missile defense system.
But this may be changing in line with a break through Indian decision to buy Lockheed's C130J military transport aircraft earlier this year, U.S. defense officials said.
Gates, in New Delhi to strengthen Washington's strategic ties and make a sales pitch for U.S. arms manufacturers, said the Pentagon wanted to build a relationship focused on long-term cooperation with India, noting it was independent of the current impasse over a controversial civil-nuclear deal sought by Washington.
"We're not looking for quick results or big leaps forward," Gates told reporters.
"But rather a steady expansion of this relationship in a way that leaves everybody comfortable that we're not moving too fast and that works in terms of Indian domestic politics and also works for us."
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