Tommy Franks' $100K Signature
ABC News - Gen. Tommy Franks Paid $100,000 To Endorse 'F' Veterans Charity.
Quote:
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, was paid $100,000 to endorse a veterans charity that watchdog groups say is ripping off donors and wounded veterans by using only a small portion of the money raised for veterans services, according to testimony in Congress today...
More, but down a stiff drink before reading on...
Coincidentally, got a mailing from them today.
Read it; my nose twitched and I trashed it. I will now go get a refill to toast my instinct...
Thanks for posting that.
The news isn't all bad ...
"He ended his support for the CSAH in late 2005 when he learned that the percent of money raised that was going to the troops was less than 85 percent, a figure which was then and remains today his critertia for supporting charitable organizations."
Still - $100,000?