Adm. Thad Allen cedes command of Coast Guard

[jus_the_facts]

Source: Times-Picayune

Adm. Robert Papp took over Tuesday as commandant of the Coast Guard in a ceremony at Fort McNair in Washington.

Papp replaces, Adm. Thad Allen, who has been the top federal officer overseeing the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Allen will continue to be the national incident commander in the Gulf, even though he’s scheduled to retire from the Coast Guard July 1. At that time, he could either be recalled to active duty or keep doing the same job as a civilian.





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[Autumn]

1. Good. n/t

[gateley]

2. Except it sounds as though he's still the in-charge guy in the Gulf. When

I watched his press conference, I didn't get a feeling of encouragement.

[sandnsea]

6. He was the in-charge guy during Katrina

you know, when only the Coast Guard had a half way reasonable response. There are 22,000 people protecting the shoreline and wildlife; 1,200 skimmers, tugs, and barges; and 1.8 million feet of containment boom and 990,000 feet of sorbent boom have been deployed, the largest ever.

Just because the media hasn't interviewed a single one of these people, doesn't mean they aren't there.

[saigon68]

10. Yes its really helping isn't it ?

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Early retirement, Admiral. Take it while you can still get it.

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. Of course many guys named "Robert" use the nickname "Bob".

Which means the guy now in charge of the Coast Guard has the initials "B.P."

Geez, they couldn't have waited until June 6 at 6 PM to maximize the creepy factor? :scared:

[DebbieCDC]

5. I heard this Allen guy on NPR this morning

A total cheerleader for BP :puke:

[truedelphi]

13. And he reminded me of Elmer Fudd, to boot! n/t

[readmoreoften]

7. Well, I don't think the new guy can be much worse.

:shrug: Here's to hoping.

[EFerrari]

8. It sounds more like they're trying to innoculate the CG by putting this

damaged guy only in charge of the Gulf.

[ixion]

9. In other news, Mr. Allen will be assuming his cushy new role at BP

for serving his masters will.

[One_Life_To_Give]

11. Routine scheduled rotation of Commandant

Commandant of the USCG has been changing every four years since 1962. The CG has a constant routine change of personnel throughout the service.

[Lurks Often]

12. Now you should know better then to use

facts and reason as a response to a post!!!