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Sandy aftermath: Obama to tour New York Thursday

President Barack Obama, left, embraces Donna Vanzant, right,

Photo credit: AP | President Barack Obama, left, embraces Donna Vanzant, right, during a tour of Brigantine, N.J., a neighborhood severely affected by superstorm Sandy. (Oct. 31, 2012)

President Barack Obama will be in New York Thursday to get a firsthand look at recovery efforts after superstorm Sandy left 43 dead and pockets of the state devastated.

The president is expected to make a stop in hard-hit Queens to tour the destruction in the Rockaways and Breezy Point. There is no word yet on whether the Hudson Valley, Long Island or Staten Island will be part of his itinerary.

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