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Ret. Gen.
Wesley K. Clark DEMOCRAT
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Boy from Little Rock chooses military path(By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff, 11/16/03)A 1970 Viet Cong ambush that nearly killed Wesley Clark set a course for a military life that both detractors and supporters describe as charmed from the start.
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Born:
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Dec. 23, 1944, in Chicago
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Current residences:
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Little Rock, Ark.
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Family:
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Married to Gertrude with one son, Wesley
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Religion:
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Catholic
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Education:
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College: US Military Academy at West Point , 1971 (First in class)
Graduate school: Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar), Economics, Politics, and Philosophy, 1968 |
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Resume highlights:
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Present Chairman and CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates, member of Board of Directors for Messer-Griesheim, Acxiom Corporation, WaveCrest Laboratories, and SIRVA Corporation.
2003 Military analyst and commentator for CNN and other media 2000-2003 Managing director and Investment banker for Stephens Inc. 1975-1976 White House Fellow, Office of Management and Budget 1966-2000 US Military service, including duty in Vietnam, Directory of Strategic Plans and Policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Staff, and serving as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Kosovo. Retired with rank of general. |
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Elected offices:
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None
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EDWARDS VS. CLARK: Bidding to be Kerry's rival, they focus on same key states (By Robert Schlesinger and Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 2/8/04)
Edwards and Clark bracing for a Dixie showdown (By Raja Mishra and Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff, 2/7/04)
SOUTHERN DUEL: Edwards, Clark see Tenn., Va. as key (By Raja Mishra and Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff, 2/6/04)
CLARK MARCHES ON: Oklahoma win keeps general's fight alive (By Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff, 2/4/04)
Kerry captures 5 states; S.C. picks Edwards (By Anne E. Kornblut and Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 2/4/04)
