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
hero thinking years
Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.
past thinking president
I have said a lot in the past and now I think it is best that I do not comment on what I think when I look at President Bush!
character men thinking
As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.
freedom plus prize seek
The prize we seek is another 200 plus years of freedom in this country.
area dug enemy fighting forces natural
Enemy forces in this area are dug in. They're in caves. They're also in natural fighting positions,
conducting feedback forces special
Feedback from the special forces conducting the raid,
above combat level levels mission percent readiness
readiness level of their combat levels above 90 percent mission capable.
intended
Did this go as we intended it to?
chance fills job pride spend time troops work
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,
case people
I think in each case the right thing to do is for people to go take a look,
acceptable stand today truly
Where we stand today is not only acceptable in my view, it is truly remarkable,
bottom determined
We're determined to get to the bottom of this,
attacked destroyed exploiting facility ground hours last massive northern results terrorist
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.
elections plan senator victory
I don't know Senator Kerry's plan for victory,