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Article: AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD IS INTERVIEWED ON PBS'S "NEWSHOUR"
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- March 25, 2009
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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
[*] 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 for mineral-rich ...