AUSTRALIA: US Defence Secretary to arrive for talks

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Updated February 21, 2008 21:40:12

The United States Defence Secretary, Robert Gates has set out on a tour that will take him to Indonesia, Australia and India, and on to Turkey. Mr Gates talks in Canberra at the weekend will be very different in tone and subject matter than his other stops, because of the 55-year-old American alliance with Australia.

Presenter: Graeme Dobell
Speakers: Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd

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