POTUS Welcomes New Aussie PM

Dana Ritter

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Statement from The White House:

"President Obama offers his congratulations to Julia Gillard on her assumption of the position of Prime Minister of Australia and on the historic step of becoming Australia’s first female prime minister.

The United States and Australia enjoy a special and productive relationship and alliance that will continue to prosper under her leadership.

The President looks forward to working with Prime Minister Gillard across the broad range of issues on which the United States and Australia currently enjoy strong and deep cooperation and looks forward to speaking with her soon.

The President also wishes to extend his thanks and best wishes to former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who remains a great friend of America."

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Dana
Ritter

Dana Brown Ritter is the Washington, DC Bureau Chief for CBN News. She leads the DC team in coverage of the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and other big stories in Washington, as they come up. Prior to returning to CBN News as DC Bureau Chief, Dana was the News Director at WBTW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach, SC. She's been an Executive Producer at WAVY-TV in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area, WTAE in Pittsburgh, and a producer at the DC Bureau for Hearst Television. Dana previously worked at CBN News as White House Producer and was the Executive Producer of "The Brody File