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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The government's point man on the oil spill response says engineers will still try to firm up the now-plugged Gulf leak through a relief well. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told ...

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 ...

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 ...

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the permanent sealing of BP's blown-out oil well, what has been learned to prevent or contain future disasters, and what must be ...

Two months after stepping down as national incident commander, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen recalled a conversation with President Barack Obama about whether there were enough resources in the ...

The White House said Jan. 19 that President Bush has chosen Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen, who entered the spotlight to take over federal hurricane-response efforts after FEMA was relieved, to be ...

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 ...