U.S. will attend ASEAN meeting<\/p>\n
USA: Either U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or her
\ndeputy, Robert Zoellick, will attend next month's ASEAN meeting
\nin Laos, but the State Department is not saying which one.<\/p>\n
Foreign ministry officials from the Association of Southeast
\nAsian Nations (ASEAN) met briefly with Rice on Wednesday, State
\nDepartment spokesman Sean McCormack said.<\/p>\n
McCormack said \"she assured them that there would be high-
\nlevel State Department representation at that meeting.\"<\/p>\n
He declined to elaborate, saying \"this gets into the issue of
\ntravel schedules.\"<\/p>\n
Asked if either Rice or Zoellick would be at the meeting,
\nMcCormack said \"I think it's safe to say that when I talk about
\nhigh-level representation, it would include one of the two.\"<\/p>\n
If Rice chooses not to attend the meeting, it would likely
\nraise eyebrows in the region because U.S. secretaries of state
\nhave regularly attended these annual gatherings.<\/p>\n
ASEAN's members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
\nMalaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
\nVietnam. -- AP<\/p>",
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