Mark Rudd talked about his memoir [Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen] (William Morrow; March 24, 2009). Mr. Rudd recounts his role as the chairman of the Columbia chapter of ...

Even Germans don't grasp Rudd's English. July 9, 2009 — 3.56pm. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. ... Mr Rudd challenged German translators with his "Rudd-speak".

But when Mr Rudd started addressing the leader of one-quarter of the world's population - fluently in his own tongue - the effect was stunning. ... He spoke at length in English first, ...

Mr Rudd praised the governor’s efforts to “maximise collaboration with the Chinese”, but also his ability to separate his party’s hardline rhetoric from realpolitik.

Mr Rudd, who calls himself "a very determined bastard", has never belonged to a trade union, and is not backed by either the Right or Left faction of the Labour Party.

After three failed attempts to run as a Labor Party candidate, Ms. Gillard was finally elected to represent the Melbourne seat of Lalor in 1998, the same year that Mr. Rudd entered national politics.

Mr Rudd took a break from his duties as ambassador to the US to attend the official unveiling at Parliament House on Thursday, almost 10 years after a then clean shaven Mr Rudd left office.