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Powell: Australian Exit from Iraq Won't Hurt U.S. Ties

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States will maintain close relations with Australia even if a new government withdraws Australian troops from Iraq (news - web sites), Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said.

Powell reiterated statements by President Bush (news - web sites) that the withdrawal of Australian troops by a Labor government, that might win in a election later this year, would be "disastrous."

But in an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corp television, Powell stopped short of Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's recent statement that withdrawal of Australian troops could put the countries' 53-year-old alliance at risk.

"Australia will always be a close friend of the U.S. and we are participating in so many ways with Australia and in so many different areas," Powell said in the interview broadcast on Sunday.

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