Nuclear deal foe turns supporter

Once a fierce opponent to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal inked during the previous Bush era, the Obama Administration’s nuclear non-proliferation czar Ellen Tauscher is now in the forefront of US efforts to implement the landmark treaty between the two countries.

Once a fierce opponent to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal inked during the previous Bush era, the Obama Administration’s nuclear non-proliferation czar Ellen Tauscher is now in the forefront of US efforts to implement the landmark treaty between the two countries.

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Tauscher said that her opposition to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is now a thing of the past. To a question on non-proliferation treaty (NPT), she said that both India and Pakistan are “very special friends of the US” and that it would not pressurise these countries to sign NPT.