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President likens the impact of oil spill to that of 9/11

President Barack Obama has compared the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to the 9/11 terror attacks because of the impact it will have on future US policy.

His comments came before he arrived in Mississippi to visit the stricken coastal area for a fourth time, later describing the environmental disaster as a “tragic ordeal”.