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Obama will not attend Washington financial summit

CHICAGO
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:24pm EST
President-elect Barack Obama (L) answers a question as Vice President-elect Joseph Biden (2nd L) and Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel look on during his first news conference following his election victory in Chicago, November 7, 2008. REUTERS/John Gress

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will not attend the global financial summit in Washington on November 14-15, an aide said on Monday.

Barack Obama

The Bush administration has called the summit of the countries representing the world's leading economies to begin thrashing out a strategy for dealing with the global financial crisis. Obama takes over as U.S. president on January 20.



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