Obama Plans November India Visit

The Washington Times reports that President Obama will visit India in November.

President Obama on Thursday announced that he and the first family will visit India early in November.

The Obama administration went out of its way this week to assure India that it is committed to its relationship with the rising Asian power and is not distracted by problems in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Mr. Obama broke with protocol by attending a reception at the State Department for India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday evening.

A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the president personally had taken the initiative to attend Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's reception for the Indian minister to underscore the importance he places in the U.S.-India relationship.

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