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Posted on 09/02/2010 10:50:24 AM PDT by UB355
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Obama visit won't include Feingold
When President Barack Obama visits Milwaukee on Labor Day to talk to working families and members of dozens of labor unions, one prominent politician won't be there.
A Labor Day schedule put out by the staff of U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) indicates that, while Feingold will be in Milwaukee earlier in the day for a Milwaukee Laborfest Pre-Parade on Monday morning, he will not be in town when Obama is expected to arrive.
Obama's schedule for the day has not been released, but Laborfest will be open from noon to 7 p.m. at the Maier Festival Grounds.
Feingold has two other Labor Day appearances in Janesville, his hometown, and Kenosha. Both cities have strong labor union ties.
When Obama was in Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee last month, Feingold did greet the president in Milwaukee and stayed with him the entire day.
"I will stand with the president of the United States anywhere, anytime, no hesitation. I'm proud of what this president has tried to do," Feingold told the Journal Sentinel in an interview last month prior to Obama's visit.
Feingold supported the original U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, but opposed Obama's troop buildup. In May, Feingold offered an amendment that would require a plan to draw down troops from Afghanistan, forcing the first vote of its kind on the war.
Feingold also was opposed to the Wall Street reforms backed and signed by Obama. Feingold has argued the reforms were too weak.
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