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        By Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 15, 2009 -
        
  
        NEW ORLEANS -- President Obama is in for a welcome change of weather when he arrives here in New Orleans today for his much-hyped -- and for critics, much-delayed -- visit, trading the cold rain of DC for the tropical winds that say "fall is here" in the Gulf Coast.  
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 15, 2009 -
        
  
        President Obama arrives in New Orleans today for his first visit to the Gulf Coast since he won the presidency.