By BOB Goswami
November 09, 2011
Christine Assange told to media, "I'll get as close as I can."
On the day Obama will be addressing a special sitting of the parliament.
The 40-year-old Julian Assange said, "I'm asking Australians around the country on November 17th to refuse to celebrate the Obama visit and instead replace it with a day of support for Julian."
The WikiLeaks, anti-secrecy website of Assange, has enraged governments around the world by leaking thousands of United States diplomatic cables on the Internet.
Recently Assange lost his extradition fight from Britain to Sweden. His mother fears he will be rendered to the US.
Until now Australia has been giving consular support to Assange, but it has made it clear to Britain and Sweden that the government will not intervene directly in the legal processes of other countries.
As a US president, this is the first visit of Obama to Australia. Last time George W Bust, the then US president visited the country in 2007 in Australia for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Two previous trips of Obama was canceled due to Gulf of Mexico oil spill and oversee passage of domestic health reforms.
This visit of Obama will mark the 60th anniversary of military alliance between the two countries.
Afterwards, Obama will attend the Indonesian resort island of Bali for East Asia summit.
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| US President Barack Obama with Australia PM Julia Gillard |
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| Julian Assange |
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| Australian parliament building |
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