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"I am astonished that the Administration is even considering a nuclear-cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia," said Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R., Fla., chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Friday.

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Saudi Arabia has also been pursuing nuclear-cooperation agreements with South Korea, Japan, France and Russia.

U.S., Saudis to Discuss Nuclear Agreement Jay Solomon 2011

The Obama administration in 2009 signed a nuclear-cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates that bound the Arab country not to enrich uranium domestically or reprocess spent plutonium fuel, the two technologies that can be used to produce atomic weapons.

U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts Jay Solomon 2012

Lawmakers and nonproliferation experts also said they fear more lenient nuclear-cooperation agreements with Jordan and Vietnam could undercut the campaign to contain Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts Jay Solomon 2012

Sen. Lugar opposes nuclear-cooperation agreements that don't follow the U.A.E. model, and is planning to hold hearings on the Obama administration's policy shift, aides to the senator said on Tuesday.

U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts Jay Solomon 2012

The U.S. has shifted policy on nuclear-cooperation pacts.

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President Barack Obama cited the U.A.E. agreement as the "gold standard" for future nuclear-cooperation pacts.

U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts Jay Solomon 2012

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration, in advanced negotiations on nuclear-cooperation agreements with Jordan and Vietnam, has withdrawn a demand that these countries forgo their rights to produce nuclear fuel, senior U.S. officials said.

U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts Jay Solomon 2012

Under Discussion The U.S. is negotiating around a half-dozen nuclear-cooperation pacts with other countries, including:

U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts Jay Solomon 2012

South Korea is beginning to renegotiate its 1974 nuclear-cooperation agreement with the U.S., but is seeking Washington's approval to engage in the reprocessing of spent fuel through a technology called pyroprocessing.

U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts Jay Solomon 2012