奧巴馬、國會將恢復削減債務會談

U.S. President Barack Obama called for more budget talks Monday at the White House after having failed to reach a deal with ident Obama also will hold a news conference Monday focusing on the status of the deficit and debt negotiations.

Mr. Obama met briefly Sunday with top congressional leaders at the White House about what so far has been an elusive deal with Republicans on raising the nation's debt ceiling.

The talks lasted less than 90 minutes - much shorter than expected. No progress was reported, but all sides agreed to meet again Monday. When a reporter asked Mr. Obama if it is possible to reach a deal within the next 10 days, he said, "We have to."The United States faces an August 2 deadline before the current ceiling is reached and the country faces default on its debt for the first time in its history.美國總統奧巴馬星期一在白宮呼籲進行更多有關預算的會談。在此之前，他與共和黨人沒能達成任何協議。奧巴馬星期一還將舉行記者會，說明美國赤字狀況和債務談判的情況。

奧巴馬星期天在白宮與國會高層領導人舉行了短暫會談，就與共和黨達成提高債務上限協議進行了討論。到目前爲止，這個協議一直沒有結果。會談持續了不到90 分鐘，遠遠短於預期。沒有有關取得進展的報導，但是各方同意星期一再次舉行會談。當記者問奧巴馬是否有可能在未來10天內達成協議時，奧巴馬回答說，“我們必須達成協議”。8月2號是目前的債務上限到期的日子，美國也將在歷史上第一次面臨國債違約。