Obama Cancels Asia Summit Trip Amid Government Shutdown
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President Barack Obama canceled plans to attend two economic summits in Asia next week, a setback for his top foreign policy goal, as he remains in Washington to seek an end to the partial government shutdown.
Obama informed the leaders of the host countries, Indonesia and Brunei, in telephone calls late Thursday from Washington, according to the White House. Earlier this week, he called off planned stops in Malaysia and the Philippines scheduled for the end of what would have been a week-long visit to a region where the U.S. is seeking to expand trade and defense cooperation.