Transcript: AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDDAUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD IS INTERVIEWED ON PBS'S "NEWSHOUR"


Washington Transcript Service
03-25-2009
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER RUDD IS INTERVIED
ON PBS'S "THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER"
MARCH 25, 2009
SPEAKERS: AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD
SPENCER MICHELS, "NEWSHOUR" CORRESPONDENT
JIM LEHRER, "NEWSHOUR" ANCHOR
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SPENCER MICHELS: Australia, home to 21 million people, has been
a key U.S. ally in the Pacific since World War II. Rudd and his Social
Democratic Labor Party won parliamentary elections in November 2007, turning
out John Howard, a stalwart backer of President Bush.
A career diplomat, Rudd has served in China and speaks fluent
Mandarin. China is now the largest trading partner ...

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