AMERICAN SAMOA: Governor not happy with Mr Rudd

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Updated November 28, 2007 16:14:57

American Samoa's Governor Togiola Tulafono has described Australia's Prime Minister elect as a coward. Speaking at the funeral of the latest Samoan soldier killed in Iraq, the governor said that he woke up the morning after the election to hear television news reports that the new PM has "decided to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq".

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Speakers: Togiola Tulafono, American Samoan Governor.

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