New US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy was welcomed by local indigenous leaders to Canberra - but was tight lipped on key issues facing Australia and the US.
In a first for the US Embassy, the daughter of former president John Kennedy was welcomed with a smoking ceremony and presented with a message stick by local indigenous elders.James Brickwood
Similarly, she gave nothing away over a looming visit to Solomon Islands and US Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent acknowledgement that Washington had neglected the Pacific.“We’ll see what happens in the future. I’m sure there will be many announcements to come in many areas,” Ms Kennedy said.As a US Navy Lieutenant, her father was in command of a patrol torpedo boat when it was rammed by a Japanese destroyer, sliced in two and sank in August 1943 in the Solomon Islands.
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