Obama Delays Indonesia Trip Until June

Obama delays yet again his planned state visit to Indonesia. He’ll be coming on June instead, says his spokesman, Robert Gibb:

US President Barack Obama Thursday dramatically postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June, as he wages a vote-by-vote struggle to drive his health reform bill through Congress.

The move, which will delay Obama’s effort to intensify US engagement with the dynamic Asia Pacific region, was enforced by the need to woo wavering Democratic lawmakers with a knife edge-vote on the plan expected on Sunday.

..”The stakes are now very high for following through with the trip in June.”