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White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday U.S. President Barack Obama is keeping a close watch on the Greek bailout talks, even though a Greek default wouldn't take down major U.S. banks.
Earnest said the U.S. hopes the parties negotiating over Greece's debt find a way to develop a package of reforms and financing that will leave Greece with a sustainable debt plan without leaving the eurozone.
He said keeping Greece in the eurozone is "in the interests of all the parties at the negotiating table," but still, he said Greece's crisis poses no direct threat to the U.S. economy.
On Puerto Rico's financial crisis, Earnest said the White House has no plans for a bail out.
Puerto Rico's governor is warning the island can't pay its $72 billion public debt, raising serious concerns about Puerto Rico's economy.
Earnest said the Obama administration will work with Puerto Rico to identify existing federal resources that can help, but he said, "there is no one in the administration or in DC contemplating a federal bailout of Puerto Rico."

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