Obama Visits the Gulf Coast

President Barack Obama listens as National Incident Commander Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen talks with reporters at the Theodore Staging Area in Theodore, Ala., Monday, June 14, 2010.

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President Barack Obama visits an oil containment boom repair facility as he tours the Theodore Staging Facility in Theodore, Ala., Monday, June 14, 2010.

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President Barack Obama makes an unannounced visit to Tacky Jack's, a restaurant in Orange Beach, Ala., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday, June 14, 2010.

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President Barack Obama, flanked by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, left, and National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen, right, makes a statement on Pensacola Beach, Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010, as they visited the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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President Barack Obama walks with Alabama Gov. Bob Riley as he looks at oil containment booms being cleaned as they tours the Theodore Staging Facility in Theodore, Ala., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday, June 14, 2010.

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President Barack Obama walks with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, second from right, and Gulfport Mayor George Schloegel, second from left, after meeting with residents affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Monday, June 14, 2010, in Gulfport, Miss. Peggy Schloegel, the mayor's wife is at left, Marsha Barbour, the governor's wife is at right.

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Bystanders watch the motorcade carrying President Barack Obama and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist along Casino Beach on Pensacola Beach, Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010, as they visited the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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President Barack Obama and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist walk along Casino Beach on Pensacola Beach, Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010, as they visited the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

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President Barack Obama arrives to speak to military personnel at Naval Air Station Pensacola's Naval Air Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010, after his visit to the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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President Barack Obama gestures while speaking to troops at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

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President Barack Obama speaks to troops at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

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President Barack Obama greets troops during a rally at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

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