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President Barack Obama addresses the media at Coast Guard Station Venice, La., May 2, 2010, after touring the Louisiana coastline between Venice and New Orleans to view recovery efforts following the sinking of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

President Barack Obama addresses the media at Coast Guard Station Venice, La., May 2, 2010, after touring the Louisiana coastline between Venice and New Orleans to view recovery efforts following the sinking of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

President Barack Obama addresses the media at Coast Guard Station Venice, La., May 2, 2010, after touring the Louisiana coastline between Venice and New Orleans to view recovery efforts following the sinking of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

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