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Admiral Thad Allen Discusses Size of Oil Spill and Response

EXT MS United States Coast Guard (USCG) Retired Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander of the Unified Command for the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seen speaking at press conference to update on efforts to reduce the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf Of Mexico. Allen says "we first thought it was 1000 barrels then we thought it was 5000 barrels. Frankly whether is was 1, 5, 10 or 15 our mobilization of resources has been for something far beyond that because we're always prepared for a catastrophic event"
EXT MS United States Coast Guard (USCG) Retired Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander of the Unified Command for the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seen speaking at press conference to update on efforts to reduce the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf Of Mexico. Allen says "we first thought it was 1000 barrels then we thought it was 5000 barrels. Frankly whether is was 1, 5, 10 or 15 our mobilization of resources has been for something far beyond that because we're always prepared for a catastrophic event"
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