Later Friday, he was taping a "message of sympathy and solidarity" to the people of Australia, who lost many relatives and friends in the terrorist attacks on Bali, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said.

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At age 65 he's far from through. (After the Mumbai bombings in late 2008, Milchan founded Blue Sky International, a security company, to help protect friends like Ratan Tata, owner of the Taj Hotel, from terrorist acts.) Milchan is very well connected in Hollywood and Israel, and exploits those ties to further his social and political interests, as well as his business goals.

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