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Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. applaud Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to a joint meeting of Congress on
Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2016.

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Modi to Congress: India, US Can Anchor Stability in Asia

M. PENNINGTON                   stronger economic and        deal in 2008 that lifted U.S.  Asia to Africa and from the    dressed a joint meeting of
Associated Press                defense links between the    export restrictions on nucle-  Indian Ocean to the Pacif-     Congress. During the Cold
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indi-         two countries.               ar technology to India and     ic,” Modi said.                War, U.S. was more focused
an Prime Minister Narendra      Speaking in English, Modi    which is hoped to lead to      Modi’s 46-minute speech        on ties with Pakistan, and
Modi told the U.S. Congress     used dashes of humor,        a contract by mid-2017 for     followed years of being        many in Washington be-
on Wednesday that the           drawing a parallel be-       the construction of six pow-   shunned in the  U.S. be-       lieved India, with its “non-
world’s two largest democ-      tween the rough-and-tum-     er reactors by U.S.-based      cause of religious violence    aligned” foreign policy,
racies can anchor stability     ble politics of his own na-  Westinghouse Electric Co.      in his home state. It came     was far too friendly with the
and prosperity from the In-     tion and the U.S., which he  He also praised Congress for   a day after a White House      Soviet Union.
dian Ocean to the Pacific       described tongue-in-cheek    “refusing to reward” those     meeting with President         Today, the  U.S. and Indian
in an aspirational speech       as “harmonious” and well-    who preach and practice        Barack Obama and was           militaries conduct more
that glossed over continu-      known for bipartisanship.    terrorism. Although Modi       followed by a lunch with       drills with each other than
ing divisions in the relation-  Modi, a keen advocate        avoided direct mention         congressional leaders and      with any other nation. While
ship.                           of yoga, also referenced     of Pakistan, he was allud-     a reception hosted by the      India resists the notion of
Modi, who has ushered in        cultural ties, citing esti-  ing to lawmakers recently      House and Senate Foreign       becoming a  U.S. ally, both
closer bilateral ties since     mates that “more Ameri-      blocking a proposed, U.S.-     Affairs committees.            nation share concern over
taking power two years          cans bend for yoga than to   subsided sale of F-16 fighter  U.S.-India relations have      China’s rise and over free-
ago, said that India and        throw a curve ball.”         jets to India’s archrival.     been transformed since         dom of navigation in the
the  U.S. have overcome         Modi paid tribute to the     “A strong India-U.S. part-     Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 be-       Asia-Pacific region.
“the hesitations of his-        role of Congress, including  nership can anchor peace,      came the first of five Indian
tory” and called for ever-      through a civilian nuclear   prosperity and stability from  prime ministers to have ad-          Continued on Page 3