"I've always planned to go there and I hope I can," the President replied when asked by a reporter during the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation ceremony - where in keeping with tradition Clinton gave Harry the turkey the presidential pardon and presented Harry to a petting farm in Virginia if he was ready to visit India now, after travelling the whole world.

When it was pointed out that Indian Ambassador Naresh Chandra had said recently that "now it's overdue for Clinton to travel to India" and that First Lady Hillary Clinton, when she visited that country, had promised, "I'll bring my husband," Clinton pledged, "Yes.