WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is visiting the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command center for Hurricane Irene.
The center helps coordinate the government's response to natural disasters such as this weekend's hurricane.
The president told workers that "everybody here, you guys are doing a great job."
Dozens of workers were at their computer work stations. The workers wore red or blue vests with their job descriptions on their backs.
With Obama were Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and his assistant for homeland security, John Brennan.
Earlier Saturday, Obama got a fresh update on the storm from his emergency management team. He's asking to be kept alerted to developments throughout the day and overnight as the storm makes it way up the East Coast.
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