of the children or where they were born is not clear and what if she is reassigned to the un or to the embassy in washington technically because her husband is a us citizen he could also sponsor her for a green card leading to citizenship in normal circumstances that may be off the table if the felony charges remain in the books while sangeeta richards is obviously on a fast track to a us green card there is still a case against her in india including a nonbailable arrest warrant india is unlikely to give that case up in a hurry until richards withdraws the case against khobragade while officials from both sides are threading through legalities to resolve the matter psaki returning to the podium after two days of briefing by her deputy marie harf sought to cool temperatures by disclosing that secretary of state john kerry was looking forward to speaking with external affairs minister salman khurshid soon about the issue he has received several briefings he remains very engaged in this as it unfolds she said even as washington shuttered down for christmas with president obama flying off to hawaii for a twoweek long vacation after his yearend news conference at which there were no questions on the diplomatic spat with india and kerry peeling off to for his family holiday psaki endorsed on behalf of her administration the tempered view from khurshid that ties between the two sides were too important to be shredded cavalierly by a flimsy legal spat generated by lower levels of the bureaucracy conceding that us law enforcement authorities and the government of india have some different interpretations of the issues and allegations at play its not just about diplomatic ties we have over 90 billion in bilateral trade were supporting thousands of jobs in both of our countries we share very close counterterrorism cooperation and we are engaged with india of course on a range of issues including afghanistan which is often a hot topic in here she said us energy secretary ernest moniz is due in india midjanuary by which time both sides are hoping temperatures would have cooled and the matter resolved with bureau reports from delhi