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- MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive25 Feb 2010, 00:00http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...25/2829709.htm Quote: Ambassador Beazley welcomed to White House Australia's new ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley, has met US president Barack Obama at the White House. But Mr Beazley was forced to present his credentials from a wheelchair, which he is using while he recovers from surgery on both knees. The former Labor leader injured himself when he slipped and fell on ice during Washington's big freeze earlier this year. Mr Beazley says he is looking forward to his three years in the role. "I would say that, at the level of policy, the relationship between Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama is as intense as was that between John Howard and George W Bush," he said. Speaking before his date with Mr Obama, Mr Beazley said he was excited about going into the White House. "[It's] an opportunity to meet the president and an opportunity to present credentials which will see me for the next three years advancing the Australian interests in this town," he said. Mr Beazley says he is not sure when the last ambassador would have arrived at the White House in a wheelchair. "[The wheelchair is] a nuisance, but livable with," he said.
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