单项选择题

Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. According to the news items, Prime Minister John Howard plans to talk with all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A.US Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld
B.US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan
C.US President George W. Bush
D.US Vice President Dick Cheney