FOXNews.com: Obama shortens Asia trip due to government slimdown

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Obama shortens Asia trip due to government slimdown Oct 2nd 2013, 09:20 Published October 02, 2013 FoxNews.com Sept. 30, 2013: President Obama speaks about the budget battle from the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington.AP President Obama has canceled a planned visit to Malaysia next week because of the government slimdown, according to Malaysia's leader. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Wednesday Obama called to inform him that Secretary of State John Kerry will represent the president at an entrepreneurship conference in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 11. Obama was to have been the first U.S. president to visit Malaysia since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966. The trip is part of Obama's broader focus on boosting U.S. economic ties with Asia. Razak's office did not respond to repeated calls seeking confirmation of his comments in government-linked newspapers in Malaysia, Reuters reported. The president is scheduled to leave Saturday night for what was originally a four-nation tour that also includes Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.  The partial suspension of some government services took effect Tuesday after Congress missed its deadline to fund the federal government. Obama twice canceled trips to Asia in 2010, once to stay in Washington for votes on his health care law, and once because of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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