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Army General Tommy R. Franks is the former commander of U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.

• Honorary Co-Chair, National Park Foundation ^[1]

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Contents 1 Resources and articles 1.1 Related SourceWatch articles 1.2 Profiles 1.3 External articles

Resources and articles

Related SourceWatch articles

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

Profiles

• Tommy Franks in the Wikipedia.

External articles

• Dave Moniz, "Gen. Franks, commander of Iraq war, retires," USA TODAY, May 22, 2003.
• "Gen. Tommy Franks to Retire," Associated Press (Fox News), May 22, 2003.
• "Franks Retires, Hands Over Central Command," Fox News, July 8, 2003.
• "Text: Remarks by Retired General Tommy Franks to the Republican National Convention," FDCH E-Media, Inc. (Washington Post), September 2, 2004.
• Paul Alexander, "The Generals Speak. Seven retired military leaders discuss what has gone wrong in Iraq," Rolling Stone, November 3, 2004.
• "Iraq war planners forecast only 5,000 GIs in '06. Top generals envisioned stability, democracy after Saddam's ouster," Associated Press (MSNBC), February 15, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "How Bush Uses His Generals," Washington Post, July 16, 2007.