Obama, Biden to skip Castro’s funeral

Published November 28, 2016 9:54pm ET



President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will skip the funeral of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro this week, the White House said Monday.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest ruled out the possibility that Obama or Biden would travel to Havana on Tuesday to join other foreign leaders in bidding farewell to the communist revolutionary. Asked if Secretary of State John Kerry or another top administration official will attend, Earnest said: “Stay tuned.”

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