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"Obama cancels APEC trip over US shutdown"
Obama cancels APEC trip over US shutdownat Al Jazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/10/obama-cancels-apec-trip-over-us-shutdown-20131042458661862.html
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President Barack Obama has cancelled plans to attend Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit because of the US government shutdown in Washington.
The White House said in a written statement on Thursday night that Obama had scrapped travel to Bali and a subsequent trip to nearby Brunei for the East Asia Summit.
"Due to the government shut-down, President Obama's travel to Indonesia and Brunei has been cancelled," the statement read.
"The President made this decision based on the difficulty in moving forward with foreign travel in the face of a shutdown, and his determination to continue pressing his case that Republicans should immediately allow a vote to reopen the government."
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