Basking in the glory of President George Bush's pledge to seek changes in US laws barring assistance to India's nuclear program, Singh assured members of the House and Senate that India has "never been, and never will be a source of proliferation of sensitive technologies."
In only the eighth such appearance by a foreign visitor in the House chamber in the last five years, Singh told lawmakers that the objective of his trip was "to lay the basis for transformed ties between our two great countries."
Singh addresses a rapt audience
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