This Meet The Press appearance in June 2003 is legendary in the draft movement. After this appearance, many more began to see the General as an attractive Presidential candidate and the draft really picked up steam. There is no longer a live link. Here it is in its entirety:

Copyright 2003 National Broadcasting Co. Inc. NBC News Transcripts
SHOW: Meet the Press (10:00 AM ET) - NBC
June 15, 2003 Sunday

LENGTH: 5791 words

HEADLINE: General Wesley Clark discusses the Middle East, Iraq and
politics in general

BODY:
MR. RUSSERT: And we are back. General Clark, welcome to MEET THE PRESS.

Link: http://securingamerica.com/meetthepress/2005-08-28

Interesting quotes:

"This administration went into Iraq as this was the first of a number of states that it was going to knock off, get leadership change in, maybe even move military forces against."

"If you look at Iran, what they want is a Shia-dominated buffer state in Iraq. After all, they were invaded by Iraq once. They see this as an historic opportunity to advance the cause of Shia Islam. That's exactly what the Saudis and the Kuwaitis and other Gulf states don't want. And so between those two diverging points of views, we could pull together the common interests, broker the compromises, work the arrangements, and craft a state in Iraq that meets everybody's concerns in the regions and gives the Iraqi people the kind of self-determination and regional support that they're going to need."

Link: http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/8/29/94325/1284

Interesting quotes from the General's post:

"But what we can do as citizens from the outside is to keep their feet to the fire on developing and revealing a success strategy, which the President still has not done after more than 2 long years in Iraq."

"Simply 'staying the course' is not an option, and neither is cutting and running. Too much is at stake. There is still time succeed, but the President needs to stand up and admit his mistakes and be willing to do the hard work that is needed to build a stable and peaceful Iraq."

hf jai created a transcript from the video and posted it on the old CCN:

http://blog.forclark.com/story/2005/4/20/112629/915

"the guy who runs Washington Monthly... Paul Glastross (phonetic) called me. His aide did. Said, 'How'd you like to write a paper, um, for the Washington Monthly, under the banner headlines of, What If Bush Was Right?' (pause for laughter) I said, 'I'm not writing ANYthing that George Bush might have been right. Bush was WRONG!'"

"And you find every Democrat who starts to waiver and sound wishy-washy on this thing, you tell 'em, Get some starch! Bush was wrong. He's dumped all the burden on the men and women in uniform. And God love 'em, they're doing a brilliant job over there, despite George Bush."

LINK: http://tinyurl.com/ex4os

"We have been through this before in American society. You know, the progressive movement got its start with meat packing industry. When we started in America, you raised your own cattle and you butchered your own cattle and you spun the chicken around and cleaned it, plucked the chicken I mean, like we did at Ranger school. (Laughter.) But we don’t do that anymore. We go butchers. We have the Food and Drug Admin. We inspect meat plants and we have trust in that. Of course, we are worried because there is a potential security threat, but most of us still eat hotdogs, which is an astonishing thing. (Laughter.)"

Link: http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/Clarkstatement050605.pdf

"More fundamentally, with its armed occupation of Iraq, the Administration lost focus, and was substantially distracted from worldwide efforts against Al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network are still at large, terrorist incidents have continued to take innocent life, and U.S. military actions in Iraq have provided a magnet for recruiting and training large numbers of extremist youth in continuing warfare. If Iraq is today the center of the war against terrorism, as some in the Administration have contended, it is not because the terrorists were there originally, but because they have been recruited there to the fight against us. Our military action in Iraq is more a catalyst for terrorists than a cure. Whatever results may ultimately come from removing Saddam Hussein from power, ending the terrorist threat against the United States of America is not likely to be one of them."

Link: http://securingamerica.com/articles/wapo/2005-08-26

Important quotes:
"The growing chorus of voices demanding a pull-out should seriously alarm the Bush Administration. For President Bush and his team are repeating the failure of Vietnam – failing to craft a realistic and effective policy, and in its place, simply demanding that the American people show resolve. Resolve alone isn't enough to mend a flawed approach. If the Administration won't adopt a winning strategy, then the American people will be justified in demanding that the Administration bring our troops home."

SCRIPTDATE: 2005-Aug-26

Transcript: (thanks to KnightRider)
Wesley Clark's;

"It takes leadership!! speech

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Wes Clark's Speech at NCCM in Little Rock, Saturday July 16, 2005

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I can't believe you're here!

I can't believe the commitment. I can't believe the patriotism that you've shown for over two years. Thank you! (pic)

When I turned 60, had to figure out what life was about family, some degree of financial security--free to think about other things some element of dignity and independence which gives you more or less control of your life -- the chance to make a difference!

Link: http://www-cgi.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/22/le.01.html

Important quotes:
"This administration made up its mind it wanted to go to war in Iraq. And it was going to use the intelligence to do so. And that's precisely what the British memo confirms. Most people in Washington knew it. Most of the Senate knew it. I talked to a number of senators who knew it. And they were unable to change the policy."

"The administration determined after 9/11 that going to war against the Taliban wasn't sufficient; that they wanted to go after Iraq. They used the evidence to justify going after Iraq. They were concerned that if they went to the U.N., somehow it might be deferred and postponed. So they went to the U.N. anyway at the urging of the Brits and Colin Powell, and they managed to just stay on the original time line, which had always called for an attack sometime in the spring of 2003. That's what they did."

Transcript (thanks to KnightRider)

"It's great to see everybody, I'm really sorry,... but I got laryngitis, but I want to thank Howard Park and all who contriubuted to the campaign. I loved every minute of it!..

First, your voices,....individual voices,....never underestimate the power of the email or a letter to the editor! Never be discouraged, because eventually they'll all read it. It makes a difference!,... so continue to have a voice.

So, where are we in the country right now,....

In Iraq, they're going to have an elections that in all probability will only deepen the conflict,...(yet) we have an administration that persists on blaming the military,...