Editing Tommy Franks (section)

==Personal life==
Since 2003, Franks has operated Franks & Associates LLC, a private [[consulting firm]], active in the [[IT disaster recovery|disaster recovery]] industry. In June 2006, General Franks formed a partnership with Innovative Decon Solutions.<ref>{{cite news|title=www.idsint.com|url=http://www.idsint.com/index.html|access-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402062903/http://www.idsint.com/index.html|archive-date=2 April 2007}}</ref>

Following his retirement, Franks published his memoirs in ''American Soldier'',{{sfn|Franks|2004}} which debuted as #1 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list in August 2004,<ref name="Fr01" /> displacing President [[Bill Clinton]]'s memoir from the top spot. One reviewer praised General Franks's recollections of his Vietnam service but opined that the book, like the plan for and execution of the Iraq war itself, he said, "begins better than it ends." The reviewer expressed the wish that Franks had "relied less on the official record and more on his own experience and memories" in recalling the later war, as he had in recalling the earlier one.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/books/review/26NEWM01.html?scp=1&sq=American%20Soldier%20franks&st=cse "'American Soldier': Man With a Plan, Sort Of"] Review by Michael Newman, ''The New York Times Sunday Book Review'', 26 September 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2010.</ref>

Speaking at the Republican Convention in New York on 31 August 2004, Franks endorsed President [[George W. Bush]] for re-election.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57264-2004Sep2.html "Text: Remarks by Retired General Tommy Franks to the Republican National Convention"], ''Washington Post'', 2 September 2004 10:21 PM ET. Retrieved 2 March 2010.</ref> President Bush awarded Franks the country's highest civilian award, the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] on 14 December 2004.<ref name="Fr01">[http://www.tommyfranks.com/About.shtml "About General Franks."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306081530/http://www.tommyfranks.com/About.shtml |date=6 March 2009 }} Article at ''tommyfranks.com''. Retrieved 2 March 2010.</ref> In the same month, Franks became a spokesman for Teen Arrive Alive, which is a company that uses [[GPS]] in [[cellular phones]] to tell parents how fast their teenage children are driving.

In December 2005, Franks was appointed to the [[Bank of America]] [[board of directors]], a position he held until resigning on 11 June 2009 for unspecified reasons but as part of an "exodus" of ten directors from April to August 2009.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aDWfbk0K9gmY "Bank of America Says Three Directors Quit as Exodus Totals 10"] by David Mildenberg, ''Bloomberg.com'', 1 August 2009. Retrieved 8/1/09.</ref>

Franks also sits on [[OSI Restaurant Partners]]'s board of directors. On 26 March 2008, he was elected to the board of directors of [[Chuck E. Cheese's]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Asjylyn |last=Loder |title=Chuck E. Cheese enlists Gen. Franks |date=2 April 2008 |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article440862.ece |access-date=20 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220123130/http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article440862.ece |archive-date=20 December 2009}}</ref>

[[File:GEN Franks in Cedar Rapids.JPG|thumb|Franks speaking in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]] in 2014]]

Franks sits on the board of directors of the [[National Park Foundation]]. He is an advisor to the Central Command Memorial Foundation and the Military Child Education Coalition, and is a spokesman for the Southeastern Guide Dogs Organization.<ref name="Fr01" />

Additionally he sits in the board of trustees for William Penn University, a university founded and supported by the Society of Friends (Quakers).

A museum dedicated to him lies in [[Hobart, Oklahoma]].

Franks currently resides in [[Roosevelt, Oklahoma]].

===Charity controversy===
In January 2008, [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] and the ''[[Army Times]]'' reported on Franks's involvement with the charitable Coalition to Salute America's Heroes, which he charged $100,000 to use his name to raise money for wounded soldiers. Following Congressional investigators and [[Watchdog group|watchdog groups']] criticism because only 25% of the money found its way to wounded veterans, compared to the industry standard of 85%, Franks ended his support for the group in late 2005. [[Roger Chapin]], president of the charity, and his wife had apparently been living a lavish lifestyle on the charity's money.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 January 2008|author=Ross, Brian|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4149437&page=1|title=Gen. Tommy Franks Paid $100,000 To Endorse 'F' Veterans Charity|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=20 January 2008|author-link=Brian Ross (journalist)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=18 January 2008|author=Jowers, Karen|url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/military_charity_080117w/|title=Charity draws fire for paying generals|newspaper=[[Army Times]]|access-date=20 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=18 January 2008|author=Rucker, Philip|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/17/AR2008011703620.html|title=Chief of Veterans Charities Grilled on Groups' Spending|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=20 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=21 December 2007|author=Barrett, William P.|url=https://www.forbes.com/business/2007/12/21/chapin-fundraising-veterans-biz-cz_bb_1221chapin.html|title=Charitable Taking|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=20 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223014417/http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/12/21/chapin-fundraising-veterans-biz-cz_bb_1221chapin.html|archive-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> [[Bob Schieffer]], host of [[CBS]]'s ''[[Face the Nation]]'', criticized Franks, saying, "What kind of ''person'' would insist, or even ''allow'' himself, to be paid to raise money for those who were wounded while serving under him?" Franks said he severed his connection to the fundraiser when he realized most of the money he helped raise went to the fundraiser, not the troops".<ref>{{cite web |author=Schieffer, Bob|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-follies-of-fundraising/|title=The Follies of Fundraising|publisher=CBS News Opinion: Face The Nation|date=20 January 2008|access-date=20 January 2008|author-link=Bob Schieffer}}</ref>