Former USCG Admiral Thad Allen is a transformational leader in the history of the service, a rock through thick and thin. Today he talks about resource allocation, risk management and homeland ...

“Legal experts said bringing a civil case against BP for violating the federal Clean Water Act could be relatively straight-forward. But to bring a successful criminal case, the government must ...

Kristina Tanasichuk, Executive Editor of HSToday, sits down to discuss the history and future of DHS at 20 years with Admiral Thad Allen, former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Admiral Thad W.

The retired admiral tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about challenges he's faced as national incident commander for the spill in the Gulf... Thad Allen And Lessons Learned From The Gulf Oil ...

BP PLC needs to do more to explain its handling of damage claims stemming from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a letter from Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, who will be ...

On Thursday, reports surfaced that BP may have accidentally plugged its nightmare Gulf of Mexico well from the bottom, thus eliminating the need to complete the drilling of a relief well to inject ...

The most valuable words I ever heard about leadership were provided by retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, whom I met in 2010 at RAND’s Washington, D.C., offices. He’s best known for bringing ...

Allen said there are “anomalies” much closer to the wellhead, including some leakage in the “capping stack” that’s keeping the gusher contained, and bubbles around the base of the well’s blowout ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. ABC’s ‘This Week’ with Jake Tapper: Adm. Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard ...

The government has given BP the go-ahead to replace the failed blowout preventer in the Gulf of Mexico as a first step toward permanently plugging the Deepwater Horizon well that caused one of the ...

As the Gulf oil leak continues, Jeffrey Brown speaks with Admiral Thad Allen, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, for the latest on the spreading contamination and what the government and BP are doing ...

Last month Maritime Reporter & Engineering News was invited to join Admiral Karl Schultz, the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, on a trek to New Orleans for an underway tour on board a ...