Wesley Clark
✓ Source-basedfallingUnited States Army general and 2004 Democratic Party presidential candidate
Wesley Kanne Clark, SSM, BVO, KBE is a retired United States Army officer. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
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Clark's acceptance letter from West Point
Clark's Silver Star citation
Portrait of Brigadier General Clark as a commander at Fort Irwin
Clark assumed command of USSOUTHCOM in June 1996
Clark briefs U.S. aircraft mechanics Categories from the 510th and 555th Fighter Squadrons at Aviano Air Base, Italy in May 1999![U.S. Marines at the United States consulate-general in Hong Kong lower the American flag out of respect for the 1999 Chinese embassy bombing victims[62]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Flagloweredinrespect.jpg)
U.S. Marines at the United States consulate-general in Hong Kong lower the American flag out of respect for the 1999 Chinese embassy bombing victims[62]
Clark (center) with his wife Gertrude (right) in Seattle, Washington, on 19 August 2004In their own words 10
Fifty years ago, the men I commanded in Vietnam taught me what loyalty meant.
Opinion essay: "President Trump's weak support of troops amid Russian bounty to Taliban shows lack of leadership", USA Today (1 July 2020)
Service members' lives demand a strong response.
Opinion essay: "President Trump's weak support of troops amid Russian bounty to Taliban shows lack of leadership", USA Today (1 July 2020)
The purpose of military is to start wars and change governments and it's not sort of...deter conflict? we're gonna invade countries? and you know, my mind was spinning...
Address to Commonwealth Club of California (3 October 2007)
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Wesley Kanne Clark, SSM, BVO, KBE is a retired United States Army officer. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He commanded an infantry company in the Vietnam War, where he was shot four times and awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in combat. Clark served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000, commanding Operation Allied Force during the Kosovo War. He spent 34 years in the U.S. Army, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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