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		<title>Gillard Suggests Troops In Afghanistan Will Be Brought Home During 2013-14</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/17/gillard-points-to-2013-exit-from-afghanistan.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text, Audio &#038; Video of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's ASPI speech indicating an exit strategy for Australian troops in Afghanistan which could see most of them brought home during 2013-14.  Gillard said a summit in Chicago next month would see progress on a withdrawal timetable.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Rudd: Building An Asia-Literate Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former PM Kevin Rudd says Australia is failing to do enough to become China-literate and Asia-literate in the 21st century.  Rudd said there has been a decline in the teaching of the four principal languages of Asia: Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian and Korean.
Rudd  said Australia seems "to be taking a very long time to reach the conclusion that sometime in the next decade, for the first time in 200 years, a non western, non English speaking, non democracy will become the largest economy in the world."]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton On China</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/03/07/hillary-clinton-on-china.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has delivered an important speech on China which appears to depart from the line previously taken by the Obama Administration.  Addressing the US Institute of Peace China Conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China, Clinton seemed to call for another "Nixon moment".]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Carr Enters The Senate And Becomes Foreign Minister</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/03/02/bob-carr-enters-the-senate-and-becomes-foreign-minister.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complete audio collection tracing Julia Gillard's announcement of Bob Carr's appointment as Foreign Minister, his nomination to the NSW Senate vacancy, swearing in as a senate and minister, and his maiden speech to the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Gives It A Burl At Parliamentary Reception</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/16/obama-gives-it-a-burl.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has been welcomed to Australia, ahead of his address both houses of the parliament tomorrow morning. At a reception in the Great Hall, Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott spoke warmly of the US-Australian relationship. Obama responded with a humorous speech about language differences between the two countries. Giving it a burl, he said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama And Gillard Hold Joint Press Conference In Canberra</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/16/obama-gillard-press-conference.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama and Prime Minister Gillard have held a joint press conference in Canberra at which they announced new US troop deployments to the Northern Territory. Obama welcomed &#8220;a rising, peaceful China&#8221; and said China&#8217;s rise came with responsibilities such as helping to underwrite rules for economic growth. He said that China and India need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Message To Australia</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/16/obamas-message-to-australia.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has signed the Visitors Book in Parliament House. Obama&#8217;s message read: &#8220;To the People of Australia, with whom we have stood together for a century of progress and sacrifice. On this 60th anniversary of our alliance, we resolve that our bonds will never be broken, and our friendship will last for all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Barack Obama Arrives In Canberra</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/16/obama-arrives-in-australia.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States President Barack Obama touched down in Canberra at 3.09pm this afternoon. He was greeted by Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and other officials at Canberra airport. Obama and Gillard are due to hold a press conference at 6pm. Shortly after his arrival, Obama was welcomed at the Australian Parliament:]]></description>
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		<title>Julia Gillard&#8217;s Address to the Joint Meeting of the US Congress</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/03/10/julia-gillards-address-to-the-joint-meeting-of-the-us-congress.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/03/10/julia-gillards-address-to-the-joint-meeting-of-the-us-congress.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Julia Gillard has delivered a 35 minute speech to a joint meeting of the United States Congress. Click the PLAY button to listen to Gillard&#8217;s speech: PLAY This is the prepared text of Julia Gillard&#8217;s speech to the US Congress. Mr Speaker. Mr President Pro Tempore. Distinguished Members of the Senate and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Julia Gillard and Barack Obama at Wakefield High</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/03/09/gillard-obama-at-wakefield-high.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/03/09/gillard-obama-at-wakefield-high.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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