Obama Heading to New Orleans on Sunday

By Jennifer Bendery

Posted August 13, 2010 at 11:20am

President Barack Obama will be in New Orleans on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs announced Friday.

Obama will deliver remarks at Xavier University of Louisiana and will be joined by several members of his Cabinet, Gibbs said.

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