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General Tommy Franks, the former Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Central Command who led U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, tells NewsMax that he is squarely behind the controversial "surge" of troops. "The reason that I say this is a good idea is because that's what the leaders on the ground are saying," says Franks, speaking from Hobart, Okla., the future home of the General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum. As head of the U.S. Central Command, Franks oversaw American military operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East. He took the position in July 2000 and served until his...

Retired four-star Gen. Tommy Franks gave a rousing address Thursday night in support of the War on Terror, raising speculation about a possible political career in the near future or at least a more visible role in defense of President Bush. Franks, who oversaw military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq as head of U.S. Central Command, was honored by retired Lt. Col. Oliver North’s Freedom Alliance with its 2005 Defender of Freedom Award. “We believe that in this War on Terror we can fight them over there or we can fight them over here,” Franks told the group of Freedom...

General Tommy Franks will be on Scarborough Country at 10 PM EST to give a detailed analysis of the Fallujah battle. Don't miss this on MSNBC.

ARLINGTON, VA – Gen. Tommy Franks (Ret.) today issued the following statement on Senator Kerry's speech today on Iraq: "Senator Kerry's contradictions on Iraq are the wrong signal to send to our troops on the ground, to our coalition partners, to the Iraqi people and to the terrorists seeking our destruction. On the eve of Prime Minister Allawi's visit to the United States, Senator Kerry today said that America and the world are 'less secure' now that Saddam Hussein is out of power. "The American people disagree and last December, so did Senator Kerry. At the time he said that...

I will say that I have confidence in the swift boat guys, the people who are saying what they are saying and have written what they've written. So I have confidence in them. I wasn't there, Jim, to be able to see and judge all of that myself... MARK SHIELDS: Just so I understand, General, you talk about the swift boat, Kerry served in the swift boat, 13 guys, 12 of them said great skipper, great comrade, trust him, trust him with my life, saved my life, and so forth. But you say you are going to lead with the...

WASHINGTON — Gen. Tommy Franks (search), who commanded the American-led coalition campaigns that won wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is retiring. Defense officials made the announcement Thursday, but it was not immediately clear when Franks, 57, would retire. Senior officials said the departure from U.S. Central Command (search) was not imminent.

March 11, 2003 Movie men add special effects to media warFrom David Charter Camp As Sayliyah, Doha THE Pentagon has enlisted Hollywood to help to present its daily briefings to the world. Fresh from the latest Michael Douglas film, one of Tinseltown’s top art directors has been hired to create a $200,000 (£125,000) set for General Tommy Franks and other American commanders to give daily updates. George Allison, 43, who has designed White House backdrops for President Bush and worked with the illusionist David Blaine, has been flown into the US Central Command base in Qatar as part of...

<p>I'd love to play poker with Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of U.S. Central Command, because the first thing he must do after he looks at his hand is discard his aces.</p> <p>Gen. Franks has been briefing a plan for the invasion of Iraq that is so parochial, simplistic and myopic that the Air Force, Navy and Marine components of Central Command have taken the unprecedented step of expressing alarm about it, said Johns Hopkins professor William Arkin in the Los Angeles Times May 5.</p>