Obama's visit to Indonesia and Australia uncertain

US President Barack Obama is due to visit Indonesia and Australia beginning later this week but difficult politics in Washington over the President's health care bill are proving an obstacle to his travel.

It's not entirely clear that he won't delay the trip, depending on progress in Washington. At the very least, the timetable's been shortened and the President's wife and children will not be accompanying him, if he does proceed with his travel plans. There are important international reasons for the visit to go ahead, particularly given Indonesia's rise politically and economically and the role of all three countries in the G20 as the global economic forum.

Presenter: Linda Mottram, Canberra Correspondent
Speakers: Kevin Rudd, Australia's Prime Minister; Professor Andrew MacIntyre, Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University;