Washington - Swinging into action to secure Congress approval for the Indo-US nuclear deal, President George W Bush had an hour-long focussed discussion with top lawmakers to know their major concerns and sought their backing for the pact.
 
During the meeting at the White House on Tuesday, Bush complimented Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his role in negotiating the agreement and said the Indian leader "brought up no commitments" on the Iranian pipeline issue, according to democrat Gary Ackerman, who was present during the discussion.
 
At least 14 lawmakers from the House of Representatives and the Senate, including Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Lugar, attended the meeting.

Also present were Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, who was the Bush administration's pointman in clinching the deal during Bush's visit to India last week.

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