Vice President Dick Cheney, center, applauds as President Bush, right, speaks before signing the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act during ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Standing behind them on stage are, from left to right, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Ronen Sen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)