Politics & Government
Obama Cancels Next Week's Trip to Los Angeles
The President plans to stay in Washington, D.C. to focus on Syria.
By City News Service
Saying he wanted to remain in Washington, D.C., to focus on a congressional resolution on Syria, President Barack Obama on Thursday canceled a planned trip to Los Angeles scheduled for next week.
Saying he wanted to remain in Washington, D.C., to focus on a congressional resolution on Syria, President Barack Obama on Thursday canceled a planned trip to Los Angeles scheduled for next week.
Obama had been scheduled to attend Democratic National Committee fundraiser and speak at the AFL-CIO convention in downtown Los Angeles.
The fundraiser had been billed as a roundtable discussion with the president, with participants spending $32,400 to attend.
The AFL-CIO national convention will begin Sunday and continue through Wednesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Obama was scheduled to speak at the event Monday.
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