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FRANKS BREIFING IN 2002 PREDICTS 5,000 TROOPS IN 2006

Link: A Prewar Slide Show Cast Iraq in Rosy Hues - New York Times.

GENERAL HALFTRACK COOKS POLITICAL WAFFLE #2 - Overdone

FROM REAL CLEAR POLITICS

Hannity & Colmes

COLMES: Do you agree with the Iraq Study Group when they say that the Bush Iraq policy is now working?

GEN. TOMMY FRANKS (RET.), FORMER COMMANDER OF U.S. FORCES: I would, of course. Yes. I agree with that.

COLMES: Specifically they say the most important recommendation is to call for new and enhanced diplomatic and political efforts in Iraq and the region, a change in the primary mission of the U.S. forces in Iraq to enable our country to begin to move its combat forces out of Iraq responsibly. You say you agree with that, but that's not what you've been saying up until now.

FRANKS: Well, I didn't say I agreed with that. I'm a guy who feels very strongly both ways. I'll give you an example, Alan.

NUMBER OF TROOPS IN IRAQ WAS GENERAL HALFTRACKS CALL

Link: United Press International - Security & Terrorism - Rumsfeld: Troop levels were Franks' call.

GENERAL HALFTRACK INVADES OKLAHOMA - Victory will be declared at a Ceremony in Bricktown

HOBART, Okla. Retired U-S Army General Tommy Franks is planning to build a 15 (m) million dollar leadership institute and museum in the southwest Oklahoma town of Hobart.

Franks' wife is from Hobart while he is from Wynnewood. Franks spokesman Michael Hayes says the leadership institute would be like a think tank. He says the museum will focus on Franks' childhood through the time he commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to his days as a White House adviser. Franks developed and carried out the initial invasion of Iraq and oversaw combat operations in Afghanistan after the Nine-Eleven terrorist attacks. I

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