Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife, Therese Rein, visit Australian troops in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein arrive in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein arrive in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein arrive in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein arrive in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein arrive in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Kevin Rudd addresses Australian troops in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife, Therese Rein, visit Australian troops in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, with his wife Therese Rein, signs a get well soon card for an Australian soldier. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Therese Rein signs a get well soon card for an Australian soldier. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
The get well soon card signed by Kevin Rudd. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
Therese Rein chats with Sapper Rob Muraru and his explosive detection dog, Shuba, in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province southern Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/Pool
Therese Rein chats with Sapper Rob Muraru and his explosive detection dog, Shuba, in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province southern Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/Pool
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife, Therese Rein, visit Australian troops in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage/pool
SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein made a surprise three-hour pre-election visit to Australian troops serving in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, in southern Afghanistan.
This is the first time a wife of a serving Australian prime minister has travelled to a war zone to visit the servicemen and women on active duty.
