New Delhi: The Bush administration has 14 months to go but still has lots left to do.
One of its foremost worries is what it has yet to achieve on the civilian nuclear deal with India, said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday.
The other key issue that tops the agenda for the US Government as far as foreign affairs are concerned, is the Palestinian-Israeli "track".
“I am not worried about my legacy. With 14 months to go, I'm worrying about what we've yet achieved on the Palestinian-Israeli track, the North Korean nuclear issue, the India civil-nuclear deal and trade agreements. We have got a big agenda," Rice told Reuters Editorial Board in an interview, text of which was released by the State Department.
Last week, the US Ambassador to India, David Mulford had arrived here with a blunt message for Indian Foreign Secretary, Shyam Saran.
Mulford clarified that there was no time to waste on the nuclear deal and any delay beyond January and the deal could be effectively dead.
When Ambassador Mulford briefed Shyam Saran on the Bush administration's timetable for the nuclear deal, he was clearly unfazed by the Left criticsm and the roadblock which the Indian Government seems to have hit over the deal.
(With Agency inputs)
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