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    Obama Returns to Gulf Coast for Update on BP Spill

    United States President Barack Obama has returned to the Gulf Coast for an update on the British Petroleum oil spill. According to a White House spokesman, Obama is traveling in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida - three states whose shores and economies are being affected by the worst environmental disaster in American history.

    The trip will be Obama's fourth to the region since the deep-sea leak began April 20 with the explosion of an oil rig leased by the British Petroleum company.