Australia–United States relations Minister for Defence, US Secretary of Defense and US Secretary of State. The first Australian visit by a serving United States President was that of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 to seek support for Australia's ongoing involvement in the Vietnam War. Australia had previously sent advisers and combat troops to Vietnam. In 1992, George H. W. Bush was the first of four US presidents to address a joint meeting of the Australian Parliament. Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, ratified the Kyoto Protocol on 3 December 2007, leaving the United States and Canada as the last major industrial nations not to
State visit of the President of Ireland to the United Kingdom disbanded Irish Regiments. The President and his wife visited University College London Hospital and met with patients and Irish staff members, past and present. Later President Higgins met British prime minister David Cameron for lunch at 10 Downing Street. Afterwards the President and First Lady attended a Banquet hosted by London Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf and the City of London Corporation at the Guildhall. After dinner, the President addressed the 700 invited guests. The President and First Lady visited the Food Animal Initiative (FAI) Farms, in Oxford. In the early evening, the President attended a Northern Ireland-themed reception hosted by