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President Defends Deal To Sell India Nuclear Fuel, Technology Despite Heavy Opposition On Both Sides U.S. President George W. Bush, left, is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda upon arrival for the G-8 working lunch at the lakeside resort Toyako on the Japanese northern main island of Hokkaido Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Koichi Kamoshida, POOL) (AP) President Bush defended a languishing deal his administration negotiated to sell India nuclear fuel and technology, saying he reassured India's prime minister that the pact was important for both countries despite heavy opposition on both sides. Bush's meeting on Wednesday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was one of a series of one-and-one sessions the president scheduled on the final day of the three-day G-8 summit of economic powers. "I respect the prime... [read full story]
