May 21, 2002
REPORTER: If you get the green light to go into Iraq how many footsoldiers would you like to have and how long would it take you to marshall all these forces in preparation for an invasion?
GEN. TOMMY FRANKS: That's a great question and one for which I don't have an answer because my boss has not yet asked me to put together a plan to do that.
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April 25, 2004
BOB WOODAWARD AFTER WATCHING A VIDEO OF FRANKS' COMMENTS: Not so. I mean not only is it not so, but two months before that Tommy Franks on February 7 had personally briefed the president and said here is a war plan you can execute.
(Source: Meet the Press, April 25, 2004)
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