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Obama opens long-delayed visit to Australia

The Columbian
Published: November 14, 2011, 4:00pm

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — President Barack Obama has finally fulfilled his promise to visit Australia.

Obama arrived in the Australian capital of Canberra Wednesday afternoon. Air Force One crossed the international dateline as it traveled to Australia from Honolulu, where Obama hosted an economic summit.

The president will spend a day and a half in Australia, meeting with the country’s prime minister and addressing the Australian Parliament. And he’s expected to announce that the U.S. is expanding its military presence on the continent.

Obama has twice canceled plans to visit Australia, once to stay in Washington to lobby for passage of his health care bill, and again in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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