New US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy to arrive on Friday

SAM KING - JULY 20, 2022

US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy has furthered her government’s commitment to climate action and security in the ­region ahead of her arrival in Australia on Friday.

In a video shared by the US embassy, the only surviving daughter of former US president John F. Kennedy gave particular attention to the two countries’ military history. “I know that our countries are the strongest of allies, and that our parents and grandparents fought side by side for more than 100 years,” the author and attorney said.

“Their sacrifices have made it possible for us to live in two of the world’s greatest democracies, countries that share a com­mitment to individual freedom, the rule of law and economic ­opportunity.

“None of us expects to be the one to have to fight for freedom, but we each must be prepared to stand up for what we believe in if we want to pass these precious values on.”

The comments come in the wake of the Pacific Islands Forum, where the influences of China and the US were the subject of debate.

“No one is more committed to advancing peace and stability, fighting climate change and increasing American economic engagement in the region than the Biden-Harris administration.”

“I look forward to working closely with Prime Minister (Anthony) Albanese, Foreign Minister (Penny) Wong and the government to advance our shared democratic values, strengthen our commitment to a healthy, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific, and advance the transition to a green energy world.”

Ms Kennedy said her appointment was continuing her family’s longstanding relationship with Australia. “My father wanted to be the first sitting president to visit Australia, so I’m honoured to carry that legacy forward in my own small way,” she said.

“I’m eager to learn all I can about First Nations Australians and their culture and traditions, Australia’s modern multicultural society, the incredible natural environment and abundant natural resources.”

In May, the 64-year-old was confirmed as ambassador to Australia. She previously was ambassador for Japan in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017.

At her swearing-in in June Ms Kennedy declared Australia a “vital ally”.

“I am grateful to President (Joe) Biden for his leadership and for giving me the chance to represent America to our vital ally Australia,” Ms Kennedy said on social media.

She succeeds Arthur Culvahouse, who left the position shortly after former US president Donald Trump left office in early 2021.

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Caroline Kennedy ‘honoured’ to carry on JFK’s Australian legacy

Andrew Tillett - Jul 20, 2022

Caroline Kennedy invoked the legacy of her father, former US president John Kennedy, in a welcome message before she arrives on Friday as the new US ambassador to Australia.

Saying her appointment comes at a crucial time, Ms Kennedy said she looked forward to working with the Albanese government to advance democratic values, strengthen the commitment to a peaceful and prosperous region and to make the transition to clean energy.

“This is a critical time in the history of our two countries,” she said in a video message released by the US embassy on Wednesday. “What we do together in the next two years will determine the fate of our region and the planet, and I can’t wait to get started.”

The US ambassador role has been vacant for 18 months after Arthur Culvahouse resigned as Joe Biden became President, succeeding Donald Trump.

Ms Kennedy, who was ambassador to Japan under the Obama administration, said she had been a long-term admirer of Mr Biden from the 1970s, noting he had worked with her “uncle Teddy” on healthcare and “economic justice” for working families.

“No one is more committed to advancing peace and stability, fighting climate change and increasing American economic engagement in the region than the Biden-Harris administration,” she said.

Australia and the US are the “strongest of allies” whose parents and grandparents fought side-by-side for more than 100 years, Ms Kennedy said, drawing upon her father’s experience in the Pacific in World War II.

“In 1943, my father’s PT boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. If not for the help of two Solomon Islanders and an Australian coast watcher, he and his crew would not have survived,” she said.

“He wanted to be the first sitting president to visit Australia, so I’m honoured to carry his legacy in my own small way.”

Ms Kennedy said her father had inspired a generation of people into public service. She said in her way own she had hoped to make “democratic ideals accessible to new generations” by authoring books on the US Constitution.

Ms Kennedy said she first visited Australia 36 years ago on her honeymoon and that she returned in 2014 with her husband, Ed, for a family holiday.

She said she was eager to learn about Australia’s First Nations people and multicultural society, the environment and natural resources, sports, snacks, “southern skies and oceans”.

While Ms Kennedy had celebrity status because of her family, she was the best credentialed US ambassador appointed to Australia in decades given her experience as a former envoy in Tokyo, said Mike Green, head of Sydney University’s US Studies Centre.

That was crucial given the increasing closeness of the trilateral relationship between Australia, the US and Japan that drives policy and the response to China in the Indo-Pacific.

“She has star power, but she also brings experience managing a major alliance,” Dr Green said.

Dr Green, who got to know Ms Kennedy when she was in Tokyo, said she was a good listener, modest and down-to-earth.

“She has carefully managed her public persona her entire life,” he said.

“I wouldn’t look for the big splashy announcements. Her style is to listen and develop personal relationships and trust.”

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/caroline-kennedy-honoured-to-carry-on-jfk-s-australian-legacy-20220720-p5b30l

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An Introduction Message from Ambassador Caroline Kennedy

U.S. Embassy Australia

Jul 20, 2022

Caroline Kennedy is the 27th U.S. Ambassador to Australia.

Ambassador Kennedy served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2013 – 2017. She played a critical role in the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, culminating in the historic visits of President Obama to Hiroshima and Prime Minister Abe to Pearl Harbor. She advanced realignment of the U.S. forces in Okinawa, promoted women’s empowerment in Japan, and increased student exchange. In 2017, she founded the International Poetry Exchange Project to connect students virtually in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and the Bronx through the power of spoken word. In November 2021, she was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor for which foreigners are eligible, for her efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Prior to her time in Japan, Kennedy was at the forefront of education reform efforts in NYC, creating public-private partnerships to promote arts education, school libraries, and performing arts spaces. She served as CEO of the Office of Strategic Partnerships at the NYC Department of Education (2002-2004), Vice Chair for the Fund for Public Schools (2002-2011), and on the Board of New Visions for Public Schools.

An attorney and author, Kennedy has published 11 New York Times best-selling books on law, civics and poetry. She is Honorary President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. She served as a Trustee of numerous non-profit organizations, including the Carnegie Corporation, International Rescue Committee and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, as Co-Chair of the Harvard Institute of Politics, and as a Director of the Boeing Company. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Law School.

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