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President Obama will speak in New Orleans on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Obama walked door-to-door through the Tremé neighborhood shortly before the speech, talking to residents who snapped pictures with their phones and welcomed the president with a banner.
At about 5 p.m. ET, he is expected to speak at the Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center in the Lower Ninth Ward, one of the areas hardest hit in New Orleans.
After walking through Tremé, the President spoke of the revitalization of the area, and the work that he said still needs to be done.
"Part of our goal has always been to make sure not just that we recovered from the storm, but also that we started dealing with some of the structural inequalities that existed long before the storm happened," Obama said. "This is an area where young people still, too often, are taking the wrong path before they graduate from high school. This is a community that still needs resources and still needs help."
He walked the historically black neighborhood alongside Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
"We stayed in pain longer than we had to because we decided we weren't going to build this city back the way it was," Landrieu told the crowd minutes before Obama walked on stage.
Landrieu has argued a slow pace is needed in order the correct historic mistakes and mitigate any negative aspects of subsequent gentrification in the area, a point of contention as the historic city continues to rebuild 10 years later.
You can also read our coverage of the Katrina anniversary here:
LINK: View The Full Katrina Anniversary Archive Here
LINK: Some People Mourn "The Old New Orleans" - But Not The City's Mayor
LINK: How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina
LINK: Louisiana's Justice System Remains Unforgiving A Decade After Katrina
LINK: "DA Time": How New Orleans Locks People Up For Weeks Without Charges
LINK: Is Post Katrina Gentrification Saving New Orleans Or Ruining It?
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