WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard couldn't say enough about the close friendship between their two countries during Gillard's first White House visit Monday. But on one issue there was no common ground: Vegemite.
Obama winced at the mere mention of the Australian food paste when a student asked about it during a classroom visit the two leaders conducted. "It's horrible!" the president declared.
Gillard displayed some diplomacy befitting a world leader on her first Washington tour, calling the issue "a little bit of a division between the president and I. I love Vegemite."
Obama and Gillard began with a more traditional …
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