It looks like Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) won't be making a personal appearance at the National Congress of American Indians 65th annual convention in Phoenix, Arizona, next week.

Instead, the former chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. will address NCAI by video on Tuesday, October 21, organizers said. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) is not on the agenda thus far although both candidates were invited.

For more information on the NCAI convention, visit http://www.ncai.org/Home.320.0.html.

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