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This document is a page from a House Oversight Committee production containing an excerpt of an article or interview featuring former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating discusses the state of the Australian Labor Party, his book 'After Words,' and criticizes the leadership styles of Barack Obama (for being too mediating) and Angela Merkel (for being risk-averse). While stamped with a House Oversight number often associated with investigations, the text itself is a political commentary piece.

This document is an excerpt, likely from an interview or book, featuring former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's analysis of global leadership and geopolitics. Keating criticizes President Obama and Chancellor Merkel for a lack of decisive leadership while praising China's Deng Xiaoping. He also analyzes the decline of the US 'prosperity compact,' citing wage stagnation between 1990 and 2008 and the radicalization of the Republican party starting with Reagan.