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DECADES OF THIS BAN, INDIA WILL NOW BE ABLE TO TRADE NUCLEAR FUEL AND TECHNOLOGY. WHY NOW? GUEST: IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE INDIA HAS BEEN AN ON...
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| 00:00:38 |
GUEST, -
DECADES LATER AND THERE IS A FEELING THAT IN THE NEED TO BE INSIDE OF THAT NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME TO HAVE IT INSIDE TO WORK ON THESE DANGEROUS ISSUES...
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| 00:01:40 |
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IN 1974, INDIA CONDUCTED A TEST
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| 00:01:45 |
GUEST, -
EXPLOSION SUPPLIED BY A CANADIAN REACTOR AND THAT TEST VIOLATED U.S.-CANADIAN NON-PROLIFERATION AGREEMENT. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY HAVE BEEN...
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| 00:02:43 |
HOST, -
THE PACT WILL GOT GLOBAL EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES TO FLOUT THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY. GUEST:...
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| 00:03:17 |
GUEST, -
SAID THAT WHEN THIS AGREEMENT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JULY 2005, HE SAID THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE A MILESTONE, TIMELY FOR ONGOING EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE IN NON-...
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| 00:04:48 |
HOST, -
YEAR AGO. SINCE THEN, THE U.S.
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| 00:04:53 |
GUEST, -
CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WAVES U.S. LAW THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TRADE WITH INDIA AND SPANISH IS CLEAR RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE. IF INDIA CONDUCTS A...
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| 00:06:24 |
GUEST, -
WANTING TO SEE THE INITIATIVE OF HENRY KISSINGER, WILLIAM PERRY, A NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD, GO FORWARD. WHETHER YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO HEAD IN THE HOUSE SIDE...
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| 00:07:42 |
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GOOD MORNING, YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NO SAFE WAY TO STORE NUCLEAR WASTE. YOU KNOW THAT. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIA, CHINA, GERMANY, ITALY. I AM...
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| 00:08:52 |
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WASTE, OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE TOO COSTLY.
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| 00:08:56 |
GUEST, -
INDIA'S SOLUTION ON THE WASTE IS THAT. THEY WANT TO REPROCESS THE NUCLEAR FUEL. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT TO TREAT THE SPENT FUEL FROM THESE REACTORS...
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| 00:09:57 |
HOST, -
HAVE BEEN A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF THE TREATY SINCE 1968. THIS IS SOMETHING -- ON THESE ISSUES,
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| 00:10:05 |
GUEST, -
AND HOPEFUL THAT A NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL LEAD BY EXAMPLE ON NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES. WE NEED TO RATIFY THE COMPREHENSIVE NON-PROLIFERATION AND TEST...
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| 00:11:10 |
HOST, -
THESE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH COULD LEAD IN THE HANDS OF THE NEW CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT AND IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT WOULD REMAIN A...
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| 00:11:41 |
GUEST, -
POLITICAL PLEDGES AS INDIA HAS DONE AND MAKING A LEGAL AGREEMENT. THAT IS WHAT MY ORGANIZATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE URGING...
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| 00:13:27 |
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HEARD THE GOVERNOR OF INDIA SAY THAT THERE WERE 835 MILLION INDIANS WHO WERE MAKING LESS THAN 25 CENTS A DAY. WE NEED TO HAVE FAST-TRACK DEVELOPMENT IN...
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| 00:15:48 |
HOST, -
OTHER COUNTRIES ARE FREE TO EMBARK ON ANY NUCLEAR TRADE THAT IS ENVISIONED IN THIS
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| 00:15:54 |
GUEST, -
AGREEMENT AND THAT MEANS COUNTRIES THAT HAVE MORE RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH NUCLEAR REACTORS SUCH AS FRANCE AND RUSSIA MAY GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. INDIA...
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| 00:17:22 |
GUEST, -
WE WILL DO THIS IS IF THE U.S. AND OTHER HOLDERS OF THE WHIP REDUCES THEIR ARSENAL IN CHANGES THE WAY THEY LOOK AT THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS. WE NEED TO GET...
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| 00:18:20 |
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HAVEN? THEY DO NOT WANT TO BLOW UP THE BEST ACCOUNT. I'M BELIEVE JOHN MCCAIN IS AN HONEST PERSON. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE DECISION MAKING OF OTHER COUNTRIES?...
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| 00:19:00 |
HOST, -
POST,"
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| 00:19:04 |
GUEST, -
WAS THAT THE DECISION THAT CAME OUT HAS A LOT OF MUSHY LANGUAGE. IT IS NOT CLEAR TO INDIA AND OTHERS WITH THE CONSEQUENCES ARE IF INDIA DOES NOT COUPLE...
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| 00:20:03 |
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IS ONLY COMMON SENSE THAT THESE OTHER COUNTRIES WILL WANT NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES. OVER ALL, WE CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY. EVERYTHING HAS...
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| 00:21:23 |
GUEST, -
REAL NUCLEAR THREAT TO THE U.S. TODAY. IF WE DO NOT ACT MORE AGGRESSIVELY AS SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER, BILL PERRY, HAVE SAID, WORKING TO A NUCLEAR-FREE...
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| 00:22:14 |
GUEST, -
ONE OF THEM WANT RONALD REAGAN WHO PROPOSED THIS TO MIKHAIL GORBACHEV. THE OTHER WAS GUNDY FROM INDIA. HE PROPOSED IN 1988 A PHASED PLAN FOR THE REDUCTION...
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| 00:23:00 |
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THE NUCLEAR BYPRODUCT OF ALL COUNTRIES AND THEN NOBODY WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. GUEST: I THINK SOME GOOD THINKING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT WHAT TO DO...
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| 00:23:28 |
GUEST, -
IN PRODUCTION BUT THEY HAVE SOME VERY SMART PEOPLE AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM ON SOLVING THESE ISSUES. HOST: WHEN YOU WERE IN THE CLINTON...
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| 00:23:57 |
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HARD WITH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY AND THE INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER TO TRY TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND
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| 00:24:05 |
GUEST, -
ON THE ISSUES, WAYS TO RECONCILE OUR NONPROLIFERATION CONCERNS WITH INDIA PAULSON THE CLEAR COMPULSIONS. INDIA HAD REASON MY DAY TESTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS...
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| 00:25:05 |
GUEST, -
AND NOT WANT ANY CONSTRAINTS ON THEIR PROGRAMS. FOR THAT REASON, IT WILL BE A SEVERE BLOW. IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT THAT IS THE COURSE OF ACTION THEY...
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| 00:25:42 |
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IRWIN, TENN. CALLER: I WANTED TO COMMENT ON ONE OF YOUR THE THINGS THAT YOUR TEST SAID. THEY CAN PAY FOR ANYTHING. THE TAXPAYERS OF THE ONES STUCK WITH...
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| 00:26:32 |
GUEST, -
CONSIDER IS IN INDIA, THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IS CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE REASON THAT INDIA HAS NOT BEEN PURSUING FOR NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES IS BECAUSE...
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| 00:28:19 |
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WITH NORTH KOREA AND INDIA. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE LEAD SHIP WE HAVE STRUCK WITH INDIA, BUT ALSO THESE TALKS WITH STRUCK WITH NORTH KOREA AND OTHER COUNTRIES?...
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| 00:28:51 |
GUEST, -
THEY HANDLED NORTH KOREA AND IRAN OVER THESE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS. I THINK WE'VE GOT OURSELVES DEEPER INTO A HOLE TO GET OUT OF THAT. BY THE WAY, THESE...
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| 00:30:04 |
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GUEST: IT IS INTERESTING THAT YOU RAISE THIS PARTICULAR PASSAGE, ARTICLE ONE OF THE NTP. THERE ARE OTHER PASSAGES TO DISARM. ONE OF THE REASONS WE...
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| 00:30:28 |
GUEST, -
WHICH WILL BE SAFEGUARDED, WHICH IS GOOD, THERE IS STILL A MILITARY SECTOR WHICH IS NOT SAFEGUARD IT. INDIA WILL NOW HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO USE ITS INDIGENOUS...
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| 00:31:39 |
GUEST, -
THINK PAKISTAN IS FAR LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CIVILIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT GOING THROUGH THAN THEY ARE ABOUT EXTREMISM IN THE TRIBAL AREAS WITH THE TALIBAN...
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| 00:32:43 |
HOST, -
MCCAIN LINE. CALLER: I SAW ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING THAT THERE IS A TUNNEL
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| 00:32:48 |
GUEST, -
BUILDS 300 FEET DEEP AND SOME SCIENTISTS ARE GOING TO BE TESTING THE BLACK HOLE THEORY, AND SOME OTHER SCIENTISTS ARE OBJECTING TO IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE...
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| 00:33:03 |
HOST, -
WHERE WE WILL BECOME THE BLACK HOLE. HOST: GENTLEMAN, A FAMILIAR WITH THIS? GUEST: THIS IS A PARTICLE ACCELERATOR AND I THINK THERE IS A CONTROVERSY ABOUT...
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| 00:33:28 |
HOST, -
KIMBALL. PFD ARGONNE WEST LABS IN
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| 00:33:31 |
GUEST, -
OHIO -- WE HAVE THE ARGONNE WEST LABS IN IDAHO.
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| 00:33:40 |
HOST, -
I CAN REFERENCE POWERS TO THE WORLD. THE TRUTH ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY EVEN THOUGH MR. OBAMA IS NOT AS PRO-NUCLEAR AS MR. MCCAIN, I AM VOTING FOR HIM BECAUSE...
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| 00:34:40 |
GUEST, -
OBVIOUSLY, NUCLEAR POWER IS CLEAN ENERGY. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO MOVE TOWARDS SOLAR, WIND, NUCLEAR, TO DEAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL...
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| 00:36:15 |
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HOW TO UP THEIR NUCLEAR POWER AND DECREASE THEIR PROPERTY. -- AND DECREASE THEIR POVERTY, WHEN OUR ENERGY IS GOING DOWN AND OUR PARTY IS GOING UP. ...
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| 00:37:32 |
GUEST, -
MEET CERTAIN BASIC STANDARDS THAT WE AND OTHER COUNTRIES SUBSCRIBE TO. IT IS NOT SO MUCH TELLING INDIA WHAT IT OUGHT TO DO, BUT LAYING OUT CLEARLY WHAT...
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| 00:38:13 |
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GUEST: FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CONGRESS UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES. AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RUSHED THROUGH...
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| 00:38:34 |
GUEST, -
THAT THE U.S. WITH THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW PASSED IN 2006 THAT BASICALLY AUTHORIZES THIS. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CONGRESS...
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| 00:39:37 |
HOST, -
NATION AND FOR YEARS THESE WEAPONS ENSURED PEACE, ARE YOU OBLIGATED TO DO THAT THROUGH YOUR PEOPLE, OR WOULD BE NEGLIGENT IN YOUR RESPONSIBILITY?
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| 00:39:56 |
GUEST:CALLER, -
GUEST: IT IS A GOOD QUESTION, AND A LOT OF COUNTRIES HAVE MOVED TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR THEIR OWN SECURITY REASONS. WE CERTAINLY DID THAT, THE...
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| 00:40:17 |
GUEST, -
GOING TO BE PROTECTED OR ENHANCED BY FOR THE RING THE PURSUIT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- IS NOT GOING TO BE PROTECTED OR ENHANCED BY FURTHERING THE PURSUIT...
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| 00:41:20 |
GUEST, -
A PURPOSE FOR POSSESSING THOUSANDS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TODAY. THEY ARE NOT USEFUL FOR DEALING WITH OSAMA BIN LADEN. IN FACT, THEY ARE A BIGGER RISK, BECAUSE...
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| 00:42:06 |
HOST, -
LIKE -- THEY DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WAS SAID, ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE SPEECH. I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW COME IN ANY...
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| 00:42:55 |
HOST, -
BECAUSE OF RUSSIA'S ACTIONS IN GEORGIA. CONDOLEEZZA RICE WENT BACK TO WHAT SHE WAS SAYING A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT THE BUSH RECORD ON THE ISSUES. THE BUSH...
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| 00:43:10 |
GUEST, -
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN RUSSIA. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS TO SOLVE WITH RUSSIA. THE TREATIES THAT ESTABLISHED CONTROLS AND REQUIRE REDUCTIONS ON U.S.-RUSSIAN...
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| 00:44:00 |
GUEST, -
BE PRESENT A BOMB OR PRESENT MCCAIN, BEING GAUGES RUSSIA -- BE IT PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT IN MCCAIN, WE-ENGAGES RUSSIA ON THOSE ISSUES. THAT IS...
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| 00:45:06 |
HOST, -
PERSPECTIVES THIS MORNING. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL OPEN UP YOUR PHONE LINES.
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| 00:45:10 |
GUEST, -
WE WILL TALK ABOUT POLITICS AND POLICY. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >>
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| 00:45:24 |
HOST, -
AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB THIS AFTERNOON, A DISCUSSION ON A 100-DAY ENERGY ACTION PLAN FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION. SURELY
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