Obama not to attend Washington financial summit
CHICAGO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will not attend the global financial summit in Washington on Nov. 14-15, an aide said on Monday.
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 Jan. 20.
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