文档介绍：President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia
East Room
PRIME MINISTER RUDD: Thank you. Thanks very much, e, and it's a pleasure to be here in Washington, with my wife, Therese. And it's great to be here at the White House. And thanks for your hospitality in having us at Blair House. We really appreciate that.
Our alliance doesn't simply reflect our shared past. Our alliance defines mon future as two of the world's great democracies. I was thinking about this, this morning, about the number of Presidents and Prime Ministers who have been party to this alliance, both Republican and Democrat, and both in our country, Labor and Liberal. This alliance has been supported by 12 American Presidents, Republican and Democrat. It's been supported by 13 Australian Prime Ministers, Labor and Liberal, and I'm the 14th.
And I'm confident that this alliance has a strong, robust future. And the reason I'm confident of that is because it's rooted in shared values. We actually take the ideal of democracy seriously. It's not a casual thought, it's not a -- it's just not a passing observation; it's something which is part and parcel of who we are as peoples. So when you have an alliance which is rooted in mon set of values, it tends to mean that alliance is going to last for a bit.
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