Tommy Franks
Tommy Franks
Tommy Ray Franksis a retired general in the United States Army. His last Army post was as the Commander of the U.S. Central Command, overseeing U.S. military operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East. Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on July 6, 2000 and served until his retirement on 7 July 2003...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth17 June 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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Enemy forces in this area are dug in. They're in caves. They're also in natural fighting positions,
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Feedback from the special forces conducting the raid,
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We will find the facts we need to find, and we'll use the lessons that we learn from Cole to provide the best possible force protection for our troops in one of the most dangerous regions of the world,
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If we try to phase it in a way that we say, 'Well, we'll have an air war, and then we'll have some special operating forces and then we'll have a ground war,' then I think it starts to look a little too conventional, ... It begins to look a little too much like efforts we've seen in the past. As I've said, as the president has said, this is not a war like any war we have had before.
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The prize we seek is another 200 plus years of freedom in this country.
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readiness level of their combat levels above 90 percent mission capable.
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Did this go as we intended it to?
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It fills me with pride to have a chance to spend some time with the troops who are doing this work in Kabul, to spend some time with the general, to congratulate him on a job well done,
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I think in each case the right thing to do is for people to go take a look,
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Where we stand today is not only acceptable in my view, it is truly remarkable,
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We're determined to get to the bottom of this,
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have attacked and destroyed a massive terrorist facility in the last 48 hours in northern Iraq, and ground forces, as we speak, are exploiting the results of that strike.
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I don't know Senator Kerry's plan for victory,
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I anticipate we'll be involved in Iraq in the future. Whether that means two years or four years, I don't know.