President Barack Obama is telling residents of coastal Florida areas threatened by the spreading Gulf of Mexico oil spill that his administration will be with them for the long haul.
Obama says that includes making sure British oil company BP pays for the damage it has done, that Florida gets the help it needs to protect its coast and that such an environmental disaster never happens again.
The president spoke to military personnel this morning at Pensacola Naval Air Station, the last stop of a two-day visit to coastal areas affected by the spill.
He spent the night in downtown Pensacola and began the day with a stroll along Pensacola Beach. Obama returns to Washington this afternoon to prepare for his primetime Oval Office address on the oil spill.
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