No one is winning with shutdown: Obama

October 05, 2013 00:26

As the government shutdown entered its fourth day, US President Barack Obama today said that no one is winning with this shutdown - the first in 17 years - which has resulted in some eight lakh federal employees without any work.

"Nobody's winning. And that's the point. We should get this over with as soon as possible," Obama told reporter as he and Vice President Joe Biden walked out of the White House to a nearby sandwich shop for their afternoon meal.

Obama said he is willing to negotiate with the Republicans leadership and John Boehner, Speaker of House of Representatives, on a whole range of issues. "But we can't do it with a gun held to the head of the American people,' he said.

A day earlier, Obama announced to cancel his trip to Asia in view of the government shutdown.

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