Rice downplays India's Iran links

[True_Blue]

(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has downplayed concerns about India's links with Iran as she lobbies Congress to support the controversial nuclear cooperation agreement struck between India and the United States last month.

India has already rejected as "completely misplaced" any suggestion of a military training link with Iran.

But some U.S. lawmakers have raised questions about India's commercial and military relations with Iran, which faces possible sanctions after the U.N. Security Council issued a statement on March 29 demanding that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment program.

In a Senate hearing Wednesday on Washington's civilian nuclear deal with New Delhi, Rice said an assertion that India has been training Iranian sailors is "not right."

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[chookie]

1. Oooops. Again.

What has darling Condi gotten right up to now?

[saigon68]

3. Nothing Absolutely Nothing

[hadrons]

2. "Condoleezza Rice has downplayed concerns" = she can't do shit about it

"But some U.S. lawmakers have raised questions" ... oh shut up, like the Imperial Roman Senate, err Congress will stand up for itself

[Eugene]

4. What's good for General Electric is good for America.

GE, a big Bush supporter, has billions of dollars of sales
and investments pending in India. So naturally, Condi sees
no national security problems with the nuclear deal.
We heard the exact same reassurances about the Dubai Ports deal.

[Supersedeas]

5. and a Nuclear Arms race in that part of the world IS good for Defense

Contractors.