Peter Cosgrove
Peter Cosgrove
General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, AK, MCis a retired senior Australian Army officer and the 26th and current Governor-General of Australia...
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I was the sort of loose forward who lay contentedly on the bottom of a ruck, composing sonnets on the one hand and, on another plane, contemplating applying the squirrel grip to an opponent.
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The place went nuts. You just don't expect that from him.
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It's just like any job, you don't want to put somebody into the job who, for physical limitations, can't do the job. That would be unfair and we wouldn't want to do that,
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When there is an adequate Iraqi security force, foreign troops leave ... Iraq,
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This is one of the most complex, challenging and most successful military operations we have ever run,
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This is a difficult period for all, but in the true spirit of the armed services, they will not be forgotten.
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I talk to friends in Allentown, in Philadelphia, in Washington, D.C., and they all follow Gerry. Kids everywhere love him, maybe because he looks like a kid himself.
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A part of Kopassus has a unique, military counter-terrorist function in Indonesia, and it's that particular part of Kopassus where we're looking for heightened levels of cooperation.
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I'm very relieved about the low cost in human terms with violence virtually stopping after our arrival, low cost in lives to INTERFET and our adversaries,
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Their legacy will indeed strengthen that ethos and foundations of that spirit.
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Oh, fatherhood has a very humanising effect on a bloke like me in the military. As a dad, you become absolutely aware of your own human frailty and a need to be nurturing and compassionate and fatherly
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Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually true.
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They (the youth of Australia) are out there clamouring in all forms of voice, and they are not so much hedging us older Australians aside as saying, 'For heaven's sake, listen to us and empower us to help drive this country towards a wonderful future.'
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But it is my total conviction that all the trappings of good leadership are generic and widely applicable whether you are standing in a khaki queue with your mess tins or on an automobile production line.