State Department Forced To Cancel Border Security Conference Due To Shutdown

POLITICS 01/22/2019 07:56 pm ET
State Department Forced To Cancel Border Security Conference Due To Shutdown
Add that to the list of things the Trump administration is delaying because key federal agencies lack funds.
By Antonia Blumberg



The State Department was forced to postpone a conference on border security due to the partial government shutdown caused by the stalemate between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over ... border security.

In a letter obtained by CNN and addressed to 55 U.S. embassies and missions around the world, Office of Export Control Cooperation head Kathryn Insley said the 16th International Export Control and Border Security Conference would have to be rescheduled.

The conference, which was set to take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, in February, was being postponed “due to uncertainty associated with the continuing partial U.S. federal government shutdown,” the Jan. 16 letter stated.

Insley wrote that officials “are working to identify alternative dates” and would circle back with participants “as soon as we are operational again.”

A State Department spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost on Tuesday that the conference had been postponed as a result of the shutdown.



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