Sunday shows: You better want to hear Adm. Thad Allen this weekend; he's everywhere

ABC's "This Week" with Jake Tapper: Adm. Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard national incident commander; Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas); Liz Cheney, George Will, Arianna Huffington and Markos Moulitsas.

Bloomberg's "Political Capital" with Al Hunt: Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren.

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Adm. Allen; Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.); Sharyl Attkisson of CBS;  Dan Balz and Jan Crawford of CBS.

CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley: Adm. Allen, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter (D-Ark.) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.).

"Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Adm. Allen, Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) and Ambassador Oren.

NBC's "Meet the Press": Preempted this week by the French Open tennis tournament.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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