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"President Barack Obama wasted no time Wednesday at the Little Rock Air Force Base before heading to the storm damage path in Vilonia, Arkansas.Obama greeted Gov. Mike Beebe, Sen. Mark Pryor, U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin and Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola.The officials hopped a helicopter and flew from the air force base to the damaged area.Officials told the media not to post any pictures of the Secret Service to social media and not to show video of certain military officials stationed strategically around the tarmac.\u00A0The media also wasn\u2019t allowed to mention the names of some of the helicopters in order to maintain the White House staffers\u2019 safety.Obama's arrival marked his first trip to Arkansas since taking office.The president\u2019s arrival is a special one in particular for Beebe. During Beebe\u2019s tenure in office, Arkansas has been hit by one natural disaster after the next \u2013 such as the ice storm in February 2011, the tornadoes that hit months later, extreme drought and winter storms.The most recent tornado that hit Mayflower and Vilonia marked the second for that area in three years and the worst tornado to hit the U.S. in 2014.Within a few hours, Obama returned to Air Force One and left for his next appointment in Los Angeles.Obama was on the ground in Arkansas for about three hours."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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