Singapore on Saturday urged the United States to remain engaged with Southeast Asia, following the announcement U.S. President Donald Trump will skip a major regional conference and send Mike Pence instead.The White House announcement that Trump will not attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' summit in November was a particular disappointment to Singapore, which will host and chair the conference.Expectations were high that Trump would attend the ASEAN Summit -- in a gesture of goodwill if nothing else -- after Singapore provided the venue for Trump's historic summit with North …READ FULL ARTICLE
