The United States and India, represented by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and India's minister of state for science and technology Kapil Sibal signed an umbrella science and technology agreement to boost cooperation in areas ranging from health to space technology
Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers (L) is escorted to her seat by Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) in Washington, DC, October 17, 2005
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., right, meets Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, at his office on Capitol Hill, Monday, Oct. 17, 2005