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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - President Barack Obama and his family cruised the waters off their Florida Panhandle hotel on Sunday, offering a portrait of a family on vacation to boost a region struggling with the economic damage wrought by the nation's worst oil spill.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Catching a glimpse of porpoises, President Barack Obama and his family went boating Sunday as part of a weekend trip to the Gulf of Mexico that was designed to showcase the region's attractions as well as the president's concern for those affected by the BP oil spill.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is taking his family to the Florida Panhandle this weekend.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is heeding his own advice to American vacationers, taking his family to the Gulf Coast this weekend to help the sagging tourism industry.

BAR HARBOR, Maine - President Barack Obama and his family managed to make it through a couple of days of family vacation time without a crisis forcing a change in plans.