A top State Department official, William Burns, said U.S.-Indian relations are in a transformational moment and through sustained dialogue...
Speaker: William J. Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Presider: David R. Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, Washington Post
June 1, 2010
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