BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday called off a planned visit to the Philippines due to an approaching typhoon, a week after President Barack Obama also cancelled a trip to the U.S. ally because of the federal government shutdown.
Kerry, flanked by Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario at the East Asia Summit in Brunei, said the decision was made based on "the judgment of our pilots and the airlines" due to the typhoon.
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