Seeing Through the Spin: 'Critics' Rebut White House On the U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Plan (2/2)
U.S. Newswire › March 09, 2006
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WASHINGTON, March 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The George W. Bush administration published a fact sheet yesterday promoting its effort to carve out loopholes in longstanding U.S. and international nonproliferation rules to allow full civil nuclear trade with India. The fact sheet, India Civil Nuclear Cooperation: Responding to Critics, glosses over India's past nuclear wrongs, exaggerates the deal's supposed benefits, and downplays the possible negative ramifications of the deal as configured.
The White House will soon be seeking consent for its radical proposal from Congress and the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group. Given its far-reaching implications and the importance of improving U.S.-Indian relations without undermining the global nonproliferation regime, the proposal should be fully scrutinized and honestly debated. It is up to Congress to protect core U.S. nonproliferation values and security interests that are at risk.See the full content of this document
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Seeing Through the Spin: 'Critics' Rebut White House On the U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Plan (2/2)
The following is a rebuttal to the White House fact sheet from the Arms Control Association (ACA), which is among a growing number of organizations and experts critical of the current proposal (part 2 of 2):
Another argument advanced has been that the U.S. nuclear industry will profit from opening u...See the full content of this document
