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Rudd ‘can help avert war’: Bob Carr on former PM’s appointment as ambassador to USA

Bob Carr, the former Australian foreign minister and former Premier of NSW is speaking to ABC Radio following the former PM Kevin Rudd’s appointment as ambassador to the USA.

Putting it bluntly: he can help avert war.

This is an argument about access, Kevin Rudd will have access to all levels of political leadership in Washington that a more conventional appointment would not be able to.

Kevin Rudd will have meetings because his American contacts think they will learn from his expertise on China.