<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Tommy Franks: News &amp; Videos about Tommy Franks - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Tommy_Franks</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Tommy Franks from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:25:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Tommy Franks: News &amp; Videos about Tommy Franks - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.mistakes/tztop.hussein.statue.afp.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Tommy_Franks</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Tommy Franks from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Army criticizes itself in Iraq invasion report</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.mistakes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.mistakes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Army's official history of the Iraq war shows military chiefs made mistake after mistake in the early months of the conflict.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Another general joins ranks opposing Rumsfeld</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/13/iraq.rumsfeld/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/13/iraq.rumsfeld/index.html</guid><description>The commander who led the elite 82nd Airborne Division during its mission in Iraq has joined the chorus of retired generals calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to leave the Pentagon.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney wins -- again</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/cheney.wins.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/cheney.wins.tm/index.html</guid><description>As key Senators in both parties push President Bush to name a "hurricane czar" to take charge of the Katrina aftermath, some Administration officials relish the notion of outsourcing their Category 5 headache.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Document suggests bin Laden escaped at Tora Bora</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/24/pentagon.binladen/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/24/pentagon.binladen/index.html</guid><description>A document from the U.S. military appears to contradict the Pentagon's previous statements that it does not know whether al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden escaped U.S. forces at Tora Bora in Afghanistan in December 2001.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rumsfeld: Insurgency slows progress</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.anniversary/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.anniversary/index.html</guid><description>Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday that the Iraq insurgency has been "successful in slowing" economic and political progress, but he maintained that the fighters won't derail the establishment of a new society.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Poor planning for air cover during key Afghanistan battle</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/11/airforce.anaconda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/11/airforce.anaconda/index.html</guid><description>U.S. ground commanders failed to coordinate with the Air Force until a week before a key 2002 battle in Afghanistan, causing confusion among troops in a fierce fight and pilots providing air cover, an Air Force report released Friday says.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush, Kerry focus on terror fight on the trail</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/30/election.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/30/election.main/index.html</guid><description>The presidential candidates devoted their attention to voters in key battleground states Saturday, pushing their domestic agendas and underscoring their strategies to fight terrorism.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry: U.S. 'paying the price' for losing bin Laden</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/29/kerry.friday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/29/kerry.friday/index.html</guid><description>Reacting to a new videotape of Osama bin Laden tossed into the closing days of a hard-fought presidential campaign, Sen. John Kerry renewed his claim that President Bush allowed the terrorist mastermind to escape in fall 2001.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schwarzenegger to appear with Bush in Ohio</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/28/bush.thursday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/28/bush.thursday/index.html</guid><description>President Bush will court New Hampshire voters Friday before returning to Ohio with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at his side.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush accepts presidential nomination</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/03/fri.hot/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/03/fri.hot/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Retired general pushes for more U.S. spies</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/29/franks.interview/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/29/franks.interview/index.html</guid><description>The retired general who led U.S. troops into war in Afghanistan and Iraq bemoans the lack of international aid in toppling Iraq's dictator and criticizes U.S. investment in surveillance widgets instead of  human spies.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. general knighthood sparks row</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.franks.knighthood/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.franks.knighthood/index.html</guid><description>British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon   has presented the top U.S. military commander behind the invasion of Iraq an honorary knighthood, sparking an outcry in Britain.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 07:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq's New Chief? This executive could soon be in charge of 23 million Iraqis.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/31/340100/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/31/340100/index.htm</guid><description>Jay Garner is about to become the most important businessman you've never heard of. On leave from defense contractor L-3 Communications, he's on track to be the de facto governor of 23 million Iraq...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>