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WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- An Indian caucus was officially launched at the U.S. Senate Thursday to promote Indian interests in the upper house.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in her address to the caucus, recalled her fond memories of trips to India as first lady and vowed to help promote Indian interests in the United States.
"It is imperative that the Unites States do everything possible to reach out to India. This Caucus is dedicated to expanding areas of agreement with India and engaging in a candid dialogue of differences," she said.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, stressed the importance of the caucus to strengthen ties between the world's oldest democracy and the world's most populous democracy.
"This bipartisan Caucus will encourage further advances between the U.S. and India, one of our greatest allies and a nation that shares the deepest convictions of democratic freedom," he said.
Outgoing Indian Ambassador Lalit Mansingh observed that over the past six decades, the United States and India "have moved from being two estranged democracies to two very engaged democracies."
The Indians already have an effective caucus at Congress, founded in 1993.
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