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The U.S. and India, nuclear power and atomic weapons.

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With support from both parties in Congress, President Bush is about to sign a nuclear deal with India.

Supporters call India a counterweight to China and a vast potential market for American business.

Its need for energy is desperate.

But India refused to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

It developed and tested its own atom bomb. Opponents warned this deal could mean the end of efforts to stop the

spread of nuclear weapons. On to the point, the pros and cons of a historic agreement is India

a responsible nuclear power? What about Pakistan and China? A reporter's notebook later on, Jimmy Carter talks about Israel. First, here's the news.

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Hello again. Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. India defied the U.S. and the rest of the world when it tested an atomic bomb.

Now, Washington's agreed to sell India nuclear fuel and technology. On To the Point, the world's largest democracies growing fast and needs energy badly. Will this be a

bonanza for business and a boost for security? Will it mean the end of efforts to stop the spread

of nuclear weapons? Our reporter's notebook, former President Jimmy Carter, is being called cynical and

anti-Semitic because of a new book that criticizes Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

We'll hear how Carter responds.

First this news update, President Bush won't announce his new Iraq strategy until next year.

Today, he went to the Pentagon to get proposals from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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