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# Barack Obama and family to holiday on Gulf of Mexico coast near BP oil
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disaster
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## Barack Obama has announced he is to take his family on holiday to the Gulf
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of Mexico coast, the area blighted by the BP oil disaster.
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![President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and
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daughter Malia Obama][1]
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Barack Obama has announced he is to take his family on holiday to the Gulf of
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Mexico coast Photo: GETTY
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By Robert Winnett in Washington 11:34PM BST 22 Jul 2010
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The American president will holiday in the area during the weekend of August
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14, the White House announced last night.
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The timing of the holiday has led to speculation that the oil giant is close
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to completing a relief well which should bring a permanent end to the crisis.
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The leaking well was capped last week following almost three months after an
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explosion led to tens of thousands of gallons of oil gushing in to the Gulf of
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Mexico.
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Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle, have both called for Americans to continue to
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take their holidays on the Gulf. The area was one of the country's most
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popular tourist areas, but this year many of the resorts are empty.
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The President attracted criticism last week after taking a holiday in the
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state of Maine, in north-eastern America - hundreds of miles from the oil
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disaster.
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## Related Articles
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* [Washington's safest babysitters: Malia and Sasha Obama][2]
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23 Jul 2010
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* [BP oil spill: relief ships evacuated due to storm][3]
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23 Jul 2010
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BP faces a bill for more than $20 billion (£13 billion) for the clean-up
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operation and compensation for residents and businesses along the Gulf coast.
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Yesterday, it was announced that one-third of the region's fishing grounds had
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now reopened.
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Next week, American politicians are to publish a new energy bill which will
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force BP to pay compensation for all the costs associated with the disaster.
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Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, said: "We will hold BP accountable. We
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will ensure it pays to clean up its mess, and we will put forth measures to
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prevent a disaster like this from ever happening again." However, there are
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also growing fears that a major tropical storm may soon hit the area which may
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set back the effort to end the disaster.
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