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The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender Cutter Oak prepare oil spill recovery equipment while moored on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., May 4, 2010. The 50-member crew left the station May 4 to support cleanup efforts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender Cutter Oak prepare oil spill recovery equipment while moored on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., May 4, 2010. The 50-member crew left the station May 4 to support cleanup efforts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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