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Nick Burns may come out of retirement to see N-deal through

Indrani Bagchi | TNN New Delhi: With the nuclear deal getting a fresh lease of life in the twilight of the Manmohan Singh government, there appears to be a reignited buzz on both sides of the Atlantic. US undersecretary for political affairs, William Burns, who succeeded Nicholas Burns on the job after he quit in March, is likely to make his maiden visit to India later this month. The visit would have otherwise been a run-of-themill affair until things hotted up on the deal.