MOBILE, Ala. - Retired Adm. Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Response, briefs media at the Incident Command Post Mobile, Aug. 11, 2010.
Allen spoke of the next phase of the response with the "static kill" of the well successfully keeping new oil from entering the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Judy Silverstein.