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By Michael Zitz
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

October 13, 2005

Gen. Wesley Clark looked very much like a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination during last night's Fredericksburg Forum.

Clark, an early front-runner in the 2004 Democratic race, ultimately lost the nomination to John Kerry. But at the University of Mary Washington event, he sounded like he was already back on the stump as he slammed George W. Bush, saying the president lacks a real foreign policy in Iraq and beyond--even in his second term.

"We still don't have a strategy," Clark said. "That's the truth about where America is in foreign affairs. There's no connection between the ends we seek," which he described as spreading American values, " and the actions we're taking in the Middle East and elsewhere."

Clark was joined onstage by the forum's other two participants, former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and Lawrence Eagleburger. Albright began the trio's discussion in a conciliatory tone, but Clark would have none of it.

General Wesley K. Clark discussed the need for NATO intervention in Darfur on the National Public Radio's (NPR) Morning Edition.
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By Gen. (ret.) Wesley Clark
NPR "Morning Edition"
August 22, 2005
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By Wesley K. Clark
Baltimore Sun Op-Ed
April 13, 2005

AT THE RECENT fifth annual Qatar conference on democracy and free trade, there was passionate talk and combative dialogue among delegates from two dozen Islamic countries. The winds of democracy are indeed blowing across the region.

But to act as though all of this began with the invasion of Iraq not only disparages years of effort by thousands of leaders and activists in the region but also undercuts the indigenous foundations on which real democratic progress must rest.

Some want to say that 2005 in the Middle East is like 1989 in Europe. But there are crucial distinctions between the flowering of the new democracies in Eastern Europe after 1989 and the stirrings in the Middle East today. Among the most important is that neither the United States nor NATO invaded Eastern Europe.

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By Dana Milbank
Washington Post
April 7, 2005; Page A10

Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. is a conservative Republican from North Carolina who voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq. So it jarred all the more yesterday when Jones turned his fury on Richard N. Perle, the Pentagon adviser who provided the Bush administration with brainpower for the Iraq war.

Jones, who said he has signed more than 900 condolence letters to kin of fallen soldiers, pronounced himself "incensed" with Perle. "It is just amazing to me how we as a Congress were told we had to remove this man . . . but the reason we were given was not accurate," Jones told Perle at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Jones said the administration should "apologize for the misinformation that was given. To me there should be somebody who is large enough to say 'We've made a mistake.' I've not heard that yet."

This Wednesday, April 6th, I will be testifying before the House Armed Services Committee about the war in Iraq. The hearing will play an important role in our country's ongoing effort to identify what has gone wrong, what has gone right, and what we must do to succeed in Iraq going forward.

I appreciate the invitation from Chairman Duncan Hunter and Ranking Member Ike Skelton to share my perspectives on Iraq this Wednesday. But I want to go into that hearing room armed with your insights and feedback on Iraq as well.

So I hope you'll take a moment right now to answer 6 survey questions on Iraq.

It's critical that America's leaders hear directly from the people on the important issues facing our country -- especially issues where American lives are at stake. And I hope that my appearance before the Armed Services Committee will be one way they hear that message, loud and clear.

I have my own strong beliefs about our policy in Iraq, and I will be sharing those on Wednesday. But I need the power of your questions and insights there at that witness table with me.

I hope you enjoy the new WesPAC website at our new URL -- www.securingamerica.com! Our goal was to design and develop a new site that makes it easy for you to stay connected to the issues and candidates that WesPAC is supporting -- and a place you'll want to return to frequently to join the dialogue.

I'm committed to keeping WesPAC at the forefront of the national debate on a wide variety of issues, and our new website will be an important vehicle for accomplishing that. Your participation in WesPAC's mission is absolutely critical -- only by working together can we get our message out far and wide across the country.

I just wanted to point out a few new features. First, you'll notice that we've set up the "WesBlog" -- a central place for the WesPAC staff and me to keep you up to date and invite your participation in some key projects.

We've also integrated the "Clark Community Network" directly into the WesPAC website -- a key community organizing platform that we launched during the campaign and that continues to provide a useful forum for sharing ideas with other WesPAC members.