Jun 4, 2010

Obama heads to gulf - cancels Asia trip

The Obama Asia trip has been canceled.

Obama had a sensitive political decision to make: Risk putting off two allies in a strategic part of the world once again or endure all the downsides, including an inevitable level of backlash, for being on the other side of the world during a huge crisis at home.

The domestic agenda proved dominant.

By canceling the trip leaders in Indonesia and Australia will just have to wait for their Obama bow.

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