George W Bush referred to John Howard as a ‘man of steel’ following 9/11 response

Washington Correspondent Jonathan Kearsley discusses former prime minister John Howard, who was in America at the time of the terror attack and was later referred to by President George W Bush as a “man of steel”. “John Howard later doing another press conference in essentially inside what was a bunker inside the Australian embassy,” Mr Kearsley told News24 host Steve Price. “You remember the ashen look on his face answering questions. “George W Bush would later refer to John Howard as a man of steel in response to his support for the United States.”