Minds. Lets turn it over to you, tony, and get it started. [applause] abbott walter, thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for being here. It is always good to be in washington and at the Heritage Foundation in particular. I have a speech which i am going to deliver. I have worked on it. I think it is important that i give you the speech i have written. Thate just begin by saying america is the indispensable country, the only country on earth with the strength and the consistently beat the free world. I like to think that australia is americas indispensable partner. The one country that america can always rely on for help when America Needs it. So with those introductory notes, it is straight to the Heritage Foundation. Back in november of 2014 when australia hosted the annual meeting of the g20, it was by far the most important gathering of leaders ever held in my country. It should have been a diplomatic triumph, but for president obama choosing at that time to give a speech at
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