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Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away.

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Bob Graham
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: November 9
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Former Governor Of Florida
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