Washington, Jan 27 (PTI) The steps taken by US President Barack Obama during the first two years of his presidency shows that India is placed high on his administration's foreign policy agenda.
"It is quite evident that India's place is extremely high (in Obama's foreign policy), because there is a recognition of emergence of India at the world's stage ? it is the world's largest democracy, the incredible work that has been done to advance the economic situation of Indians' and there is lot of intellectual strength in innovation that is something is very appealing to the United States," the outgoing National Security Council spokesman, Mike Hammer told PTI in an interview.
Spokesperson of the National Security Council, White House, for the past two years, Hammer now moves to the State Department.