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Associated Press - November 7, 2009 8:44 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama's first visit to Alaska, originally scheduled for Veterans Day, has been postponed until Thursday.
Obama will attend a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to Asia until one day later than expected.
The president was to leave Washington on Wednesday, stop at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage to refuel Air Force One, then arrive in Tokyo on Thursday. But an official familiar with Obama's schedule says Obama now plans to get to Japan on Friday.
The White House has said the Elmendorf stop will include servicemen and servicewomen. It's unclear whether the event will be open to the public.
Obama told the Anchorage Daily News last year that he hasn't been to Alaska.
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