Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr.is a retired General of the United States Army. 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 spent 34 years in the Army, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and the Presidential Medal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth23 December 1944
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
We've hit at his power plants because they're essential to running every part of his military machine, ... and this has proven to be effective.
A commander in chief with military experience might be able to prod a conservative military into thinking more imaginatively.
One of the things I learned in the military is sometimes you don't know what mistakes you make for a long time. But as you go through a campaign, there's lots of decision points you make, and you don't know whether those are gonna be the right decision points or not.
I will strengthen them so that we can solve problems together, so that the use of military force is our last resort, not our first, and if America must act with force we can call on the military, financial, and moral resources of others.
We are watching with increased concern the spiral of violence as a result of what appear to be deliberate Serb decisions to move ahead toward a military solution
What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.
Everybody in the military has a reputation, and usually it doesn't come out to the public.
The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it must be this: American military power, especially when buttressed by Britain's, is virtually unchallengeable today. Take us on? Don't try! And that's not hubris, it's just plain fact.
It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.
I'm not attacking the president because he is attacking terrorists. I'm attacking him because he's not attacking terrorists.
Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings and things like that.
I'm running to be the president of the United States, not the vice president, and I will not accept that nomination, ... Meet the Press.
I've done more with a better plan for jobs here in eight days than this president's done in two and a half years,
Tammy ... woke up without her legs 10 days after a rocket-propelled grenade exploded in her lap as she flew her helicopter.