CPAC says Trump drops out at 'last minute'

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A cardboard cutout of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands in the CPAC Hub room at the American Conservative Union’s CPAC conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Thursday, March 3, 2016. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

(Reuters) - The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, on Friday said Donald Trump has dropped out of the annual event underway outside of Washington. “Very disappointed @realDonaldTrump has decided at the last minute to drop out of #CPAC – his choice sends a clear message to conservatives,” CPAC said on its official Twitter handle. The event is hosted by the American Conservative Union.

(Reporting By Dan Burns.)