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Update: Joe Biden postpones Colorado trip amid Israel-Hamas conflict

The White House said the visit would be rescheduled
President Joe Biden waves to the crowd after speaking at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Joe Biden postponed his trip to Colorado on Monday amid the war between Israel and Hamas.

The White House said the visit, during which Biden planned to tout his administration’s climate policies, would be rescheduled. More details weren’t released.

“The president will remain at the White House to participate in national security meetings,” the White House said in a brief written statement Monday.

The president was scheduled to tour Pueblo’s CS Wind factory, the largest wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in the world, as part of his “Investing in America” tour.

Biden’s visit would have been his second to Colorado this year. In June, Biden traveled to Colorado Springs to give the commencement address U.S. Air Force Academy graduates.

The White House announced Biden’s visit this past Wednesday, a few days after the conflict in the Middle East began.

The president’s decision to postpone his trip also comes after a train hauling coal derailed Sunday in southern Colorado as it crossed a bridge over Interstate 25, indefinitely closing the busy route between Pueblo and Colorado Springs.



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