Scenes from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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President Barack Obama (left) picked up a "tar ball" as LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph (center) and US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, looked on during a tour of areas impacted by the Gulf Coast on May 28, 2010.