FED:Bleich says he and Rudd are good mates

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2010
FED:Bleich says he and Rudd are good mates

CANBERRA, Dec 8 AAP - United States ambassador Jeff Bleich has played down a leaked
cable in which his predecessor labelled Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd a "control freak."

"He and I have worked extremely well," Mr Bleich told reporters on Wednesday.

"We are good mates. I like working with him."

Mr Bleich said the WikiLeaks issue was one that he was not going to broadly comment
on and neither would he comment on specific cables.

He said it was important that nations be able to share information.

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