PHOTOS: President Obama tours Oso landslide site

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President Barack Obama, left, and Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee wave from the President's car as his motorcade drives past after he met with emergency responders Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Obama was visiting the area about an hour northeast of Seattle to survey damage from a recent mudslide nearby that killed more than three dozen people. The deadly March 22 mudslide killed at least 41 people and buried dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

President Barack Obama, center right, poses with Landon Harper, 9, left, and his brother Levi, 7, sons of Oso Fire Chief Harper, as their mom Michelle, far right, takes a photo of them inside the Oso Fire Department after surveying the damage and response efforts on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Oso, Wash., one month after the massive mudslide that killed 41 people. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Lindsey Wasson, Pool)

One security official yawns as another looks out from atop the Oso fire station as President Barack Obama's motorcade nears the area Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Obama was visiting the area about an hour northeast of Seattle to survey damage from a recent mudslide nearby that killed more than three dozen people. The deadly March 22 mudslide killed at least 41 people and buried dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

President Barack Obama, right, makes his remarks to an audience of media and first responders, a host of local officials behind him, inside the Oso Fire Department after surveying the damage and response efforts on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, one month after the disaster that killed 41 people near Oso, Wash. Obama, on his way to a week-long trip in Asia, is also speaking with first responders and families affected by the event. As of Tuesday, 41 victims have been identified, with the missing list narrowed down to just two. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Lindsey Wasson, Pool)

Security personnel look out from atop the Oso fire station as President Barack Obama's motorcade nears the area Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Obama was visiting the area about an hour northeast of Seattle to survey damage from a recent mudslide nearby that killed more than three dozen people. The deadly March 22 mudslide killed at least 41 people and buried dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

President Barack Obama waves from his car as his motorcade drives past after he met with emergency responders Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Obama was visiting the area about an hour northeast of Seattle to survey damage from a recent mudslide nearby that killed more than three dozen people. The deadly March 22 mudslide killed at least 41 people and buried dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

First responders and members of FEMA wait inside the Oso Fire Department for President Barack Obama to arrive from surveying the damage and response efforts on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, one month after a disaster killed 41 people near Oso, Wash. Obama, on his way to a week-long trip in Asia, is also speaking with first responders and families affected by the event. As of Tuesday, 41 victims have been identified, with the missing list narrowed down to just two. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Lindsey Wasson, Pool)

Firefighters' helmets and jackets are seen under a large Oso banner inside the Oso Fire Department as people wait for President Barack Obama to arrive after surveying the damage and response efforts on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, one month after a disaster killed 41 people near Oso, Wash. Obama, on his way to a week-long trip in Asia, is also speaking with first responders and families affected by the event. As of Tuesday, 41 victims have been identified, with the missing list narrowed down to just two. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Lindsey Wasson, Pool)

President Barack Obama speaks to first responders rescue workers and community members at the Oso Fire Department in Oso, Wash., Tuesday, April 22, 2014, the site of the deadly mudslide that struck the community in March. Behind the president from left, Jon Lovick, Snohomish County Executive, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and other recovery workers and first responders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

First responders and members of FEMA sit inside the Oso Fire Department, a large photo of the slide area in front of them, as they wait for President Barack Obama to arrive after surveying the damage and response efforts on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, one month after a disaster that killed 41 people near Oso, Wash. Obama, on his way to a week-long trip in Asia, is also speaking with first responders and families affected by the event. As of Tuesday, 41 victims have been identified, with the missing list narrowed down to just two. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Lindsey Wasson, Pool)

President Barack Obama's motorcade departs the Oso fire station, its flag still flying at half-staff at left, after he met with emergency responders Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Obama was visiting the area about an hour northeast of Seattle to survey damage from a recent mudslide nearby that killed more than three dozen people. The deadly March 22 mudslide killed at least 41 people and buried dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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