Tommy Franks
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Tommy Ray Franks is a retired United States Army general. His last army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States military operations in a 25-country reg
Official portrait, 2000
Gen. Franks touring the ruins of one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in April 2003
Franks speaking in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 2014
John Abizaid
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John Philip Abizaid is a retired United States Army general and former United States Central Command commander who served as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2019 to 2021.
Official portrait, 2019
Abizaid in 2003
General Abizaid accepts the CENTCOM command guidon from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on 7 July 2003.
Abizaid with President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the Oval Office in May 2004