For her part , Prime Minister Gillard attended the APEC Japan 2010 summit in , where she held her first face-to-face meeting with US President Barack Obama . Obama thanked the Prime Minister for Australia 's continuing assistance and contribution to the Afghanistan War . While Gillard sent her condolences to the American people and the President for the American casualties in Afghanistan Gillard travelled to the United States in March 2011 to mark the 60th Anniversary of the ANZUS Alliance and was invited to address the United States Congress . Gillard made her first visit to Washington as Prime Minister on 5 March 2011 . She held meetings with President Barack Obama , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon . She also met with Michelle Obama and John McCain . Gillard , addressed a joint session of the United States Congress , the fourth Australian leader to do and first foreign dignitary to address the 112th congress
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