US President Barack Obama is visiting Florida, to encourage more tourists to visit the Gulf coast now that BP's ruptured oil well has been plugged.
The Obamas set sail aboard a pleasure boat from Panama City. Obama and his family are on a weekend trip, trying to show by example that the region is fit for tourists to enjoy.
Obama has pledged to restore the economy and the environment in the aftermath of the world's worst offshore oil spill.
The White House scheduled the first family's trip after facing criticism that the president wasn't heeding his own advice that Americans holiday on the Gulf coast.
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U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and
daughter Sasha, holding her dress to keep the wind from
affecting it, walk to Air Force One at Tyndall Air Force Base
in Panama City, Fla, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) |
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U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their
daughter Sasha stop for ice cream before departing Panama City
Beach, Fla, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The Obamas are spending the
weekend in Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) |
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha swim at
Alligator Point in Panama City Beach, Florida, August 14, 2010.
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