Eye on home, Obama heads for Asia-Pacific summit

CORONADO, Cal­i­for­nia (AP) — Pres­i­dent Barack Obama is jet­ting away from Washington’s polit­i­cal and bud­get bat­tles, focus­ing instead on Asia-Pacific nations and try­ing to per­suade vot­ers at home that the dis­tant region is essen­tial to Amer­i­can jobs and security.