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U.S. Coast Guard Incident Response Commander, Captain Steven Poulin briefs the media on the status of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill prior to a media support flight aboard a HC-144 helicopter, Mobile, Alabama, May 6, 2010.

U.S. Coast Guard Incident Response Commander, Captain Steven Poulin briefs the media on the status of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill prior to a media support flight aboard a HC-144 helicopter, Mobile, Alabama, May 6, 2010.

U.S. Coast Guard Incident Response Commander, Captain Steven Poulin briefs the media on the status of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill prior to a media support flight aboard a HC-144 helicopter, Mobile, Alabama, May 6, 2010.

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