The United States is transforming its bilateral relationship with India, an emerging global power that has provided crucial support for the war on terrorism. India and the United States also share a commitment to the global spread of democracy. We seek a greatly expanded and highly visible partnership with India on multiple strategic and programmatic fronts, and will continue the further expansion of our military, political, and economic relationships through a joint Defense Planning Group and high profile dialogues on economic issues, strengthening export controls, and important international issues.
2004 Congressional Budget Justification - Foreign Operations
In December of 2001, representatives of the Ministry of Defence from the Government of India and their counterparts in the United States Department of Defense convened the first meeting of a newly formed India and U.S. Security Cooperation Group (SCG) to explore and understand mutual areas of security cooperation, particularly those pertaining to the …