8.21.2005
Australia PM to Receive US Honour (TheAge.com.au)
By Phillip Hudson
Political Correspondent
Canberra
August 21, 2005
PRIME Minister John Howard is being honoured by the United States Government with an award for public service.
It will be the first time the Woodrow Wilson Award, which was created by the US Congress, has been presented outside North America or Europe.
President George Bush has recorded a tribute to Mr Howard that will be shown at a $500-a-head dinner tomorrow night in Sydney. Westfield chairman Frank Lowy is also being given an award for corporate citizenship.
The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars is part of the Smithsonian Institution and was set up in 1968 as a bipartisan memorial to Wilson, who was the 28th US president.
Its trustees include US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
(More ... PM to receive US honour - National - theage.com.au) ¶ 20:31
Political Correspondent
Canberra
August 21, 2005
PRIME Minister John Howard is being honoured by the United States Government with an award for public service.
It will be the first time the Woodrow Wilson Award, which was created by the US Congress, has been presented outside North America or Europe.
President George Bush has recorded a tribute to Mr Howard that will be shown at a $500-a-head dinner tomorrow night in Sydney. Westfield chairman Frank Lowy is also being given an award for corporate citizenship.
The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars is part of the Smithsonian Institution and was set up in 1968 as a bipartisan memorial to Wilson, who was the 28th US president.
Its trustees include US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
(More ... PM to receive US honour - National - theage.com.au) ¶ 20:31
