The Indo-US relationship, which started gaining momentum under Bill Clinton and was accelerated by George Bush during his eight years of rule, is set to continue its upward trajectory under President Obama, a top American expert on South Asia said today. Observing that it is amazing to see how far the Indo-US relationship has come in the last one decade, Karl Inderfurth, former Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia from 1997 to 2001, said before a Congressional panel that the remarkable transformation in relations started under Clinton Administration and was then accelerated by George W Bush.
"It is now set to continue its positive upward trajectory under President Obama," Inderfurth said before the House Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, which had convened a hearing on building Indo-US relationship post Mumbai attack. "This transformation has been an excellent example of policy continuity and bipartisanship in US foreign policy," he said.
Moreover, each time the incumbent US president found a willing and able Indian Prime Minister to partner with in its truly joint endeavor from Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Manmohan Singh, he added.
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