NBC News: Years after then-presidential hopeful Barack Obama declared "America failed the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast," he returned to the city to hail Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts and highlight the region's resilience in the face of massive devastation.
"I'm here to hold up a mirror and say because of you, the people of New Orleans working together, this city is moving in the right direction and I have never been more confident that together we will get to where we need to go," the president said at a speech Thursday afternoon at the Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center in Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. "You inspire me."
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