Obama pledges to make trip to Indonesia after twice postponing visits to Asia this year
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TORONTO (AP) — President Barack Obama insists he'll make it to Indonesia yet.
He's twice postponed presidential trips to the country where he lived with his mother and Indonesian stepfather between age 6 and 10.
Obama held a meeting Sunday at the global economic summit in Toronto with Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. And while Obama didn't announce a new date for the trip, Obama did say, "I am confident we are going to get there."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Trips were set to Indonesia and Australia this year but pressing domestic matters — the health care debate in Congress and later the Gulf of Mexico oil spill — led to the delays.
The United States and Indonesia have a strong relationship, Obama said, and he looked forward to making it even stronger.
Two challenges, he said, are working to promote climate change and improving education for young people.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Yudhoyono agreed and said he was pleased by the two countries' common interests.