from Ron Hutcheson and Jonathan s Landay NEW DELHI -- A landmark nuclear pact reached Thursday by dint of President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faced tough scrutiny on Congress and international regulators amid affairs that it would allow India to expand its nuclear arsenal from hundreds of weapons.

from Ron Hutcheson and Jonathan s Landay

NEW DELHI -- A landmark nuclear pact reached Thursday by dint of President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faced tough scrutiny on Congress and international regulators amid affairs that it would allow India to expand its nuclear arsenal from hundreds of weapons.

If approved by the agency of Congress, the accord would recognize India as a nuclear military power and herald a major ex-pansion in ties between the world's largest democracy and the United States after de-cades of strained relations.

"What this agreement says is things change. Times change," Bush said, appearing with Singh at Hyderabad House, the government's visitor residence.

"We have made history today, and I thank you," Singh said.

Some U lawmakers and many arms-control ables said the pact would undercut the global connected view designed to halt the spread of nuclear arms, making it harder to rein in suspected Iranian