General Franks retires after 36 years of service
Army general Tommy R. Franks, veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns, plans to retire this summer after 36 years in uniform. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld confirmed Franks informed him of stepping down as commander of Central Command, with Lt. Gen. John Abizaid or Lt. Gen. Aftehael DeLong among top replacements being considered.
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Franks Urged to Retire After Central Command Tenure
The article notes Franks, 57, thanked for service and a wife praising him as a man of his word while discussing a possible stay until a Senate-confirmed replacement. His one-year extension expires July 1. predecessors like Norman Schwarzkopf retired after leading US forces in 1991. Franks grew up in Midland Texas and attended the same high school as Laura Bush.
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Death toll rises as migrants die in sweltering trailer
In Mexico City the bodies of 11 of 19 migrants who died after being locked in a hot trailer near Victoria Texas were unloaded from a C 136 Hercules. Mexican authorities plan to fly remains to hometowns for burial as police detain suspects in a major human trafficking case.
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Yale Law School bomb prompts fingerprinting and sketch
FBI agents dusted for fingerprints after a pipe bomb exploded in an empty Yale Law School classroom. A male suspect seen fleeing was sketched with clean shaven face, black hair, in his 20s or 30s. No injuries, books damaged, campus closed for cleanup, and authorities pursue possible connections while noting no terror link established.
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Four kids die in motor home fire near Chapell Nebraska
A motor home traveling on a western Nebraska road near Chapell caught fire killing four children and injuring three others plus the driver. The eight occupants were inside when discovered burning off Interstate 80. Laura Nelson, 37, was driving. Names, ages, and exact deaths remain uncertain awaiting official coroner findings.
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