12/14/2003
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"The United States and India are natural partners."
"The job of Secretary of Defense is one of the most important positions in our Government."
"The legislation is the symbolic centerpiece of it."
"Today I have signed into law H.R. 5682, an Act containing the 'Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006.'"