Biden traveling to Gulf Coast on Tuesday to review efforts to halt oil spill

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Biden heading to Gulf Coast to view spill efforts

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden will travel to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday to review the efforts to combat and contain the massive oil spill.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the Obama administration’s point man on the federal responder, announced Biden’s trip to reporters on Friday.

The vice president will visit the National Incident Command Center in New Orleans and the Florida Panhandle.

The White House is eager to show an hands-on sense of command over a disaster that has rocked the Gulf Coast and added another challenge to President Barack Obama’s agenda. Obama has gone to the Gulf Coast four times since the crisis began on April 20.