1. The attendant uncertainties reaffirm a basic human longing for accuracy and verifiability.

2. Rather, the main question is verifiability of the civil nature of the Iranian nuclear program and the enduring commitment of Iran to its treaty obligations with the IAEA.

3. "The revised guidelines fulfill President Bush‘s call for enhancing the accuracy, reliability and verifiability of voluntary reporting and provide a mechanism for companies to identify areas to further reduce emissions," said Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman.

4. I have no illusions about our differences with these countries ... and nothing in the discussion is based on trust,‘‘ said. But you cannot get to (action and verifiability) without setting up the modalities.

5. "India has now opened itself up to a degree of transparency that assures us that this agreement can be verified and will be verified," he said. "There‘s a significant amount of trust between India and the United States, but there‘s also verifiability in this agreement." He added, "Surely, we‘re better off, all of us who are concerned with nonproliferation, seeing those commitments in black and white in the text yesterday." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested establishing closer bilateral nuclear energy cooperation to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during her visit to India in March. U.S. and Indian officials have been negotiating for six weeks to work out the details of the new agreement.