General Wesley Clark with Nicole Sandler on AM 940 WINZ, Miami

November 9, 2007
transcript by Reg NYC

Nicole Sandler Many Americans were introduced to him in the last Presidential election when he ran for the office of the Presidency. This time he opted not to run, although there are some who are throwing his name around as a possible Vice Presidential candidate for the Hillary Clinton ticket, should she get the nomination. Right now though he is promoting his new book. It's called A Time To Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country. General Clark will be in town tomorrow appearing at the Miami Book Fair International, 11AM at the Chapman Auditorium, and I'm thrilled to welcome him right now to 940 WINZ. Good morning, General Clark.

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Good morning. It's nice to be with you.

Nicole Sandler Well I-I appreciate you taking the time out to talk to us this morning. Now this has turned out to be a jam-packed hour so we don't have a lot of time with you. But some say that your book sounds like, A Time To Lead, like you are ready to lead, that, and, and when it was first published, it often, it sounded a bit like you were going to run again. What made you decide not to?

General Wesley Clark on MSNBC News Live

October 30, 2007
transcript by Reg NYC

Andrea Mitchell: Tonight's Democratic debate will likely highlight a shift in discussion from Iraq to Iran. Senator Clinton is the only Democratic candidate to vote for a non-binding Senate resolution declaring the Iranian Revolutionary Guard - a wing of the party, a wing of the government - a terrorist organization. Retired General Wesley Clark is an MSNBC analyst. We should also point out that he has endorsed Hillary Clinton. General, good to see you. Thanks for joining us.

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Thank you. It's great to be with you, Andrea.

Andrea Mitchell: Is it fair to say that, well, is it fair to say that this conversation is shifting more to Iran then Iraq? We seem to see more focus on Iran and a real fear among some Democrats that the President and the Vice-President's rhetoric is really aimed toward eventually a military conflict with Iran.

General Wesley Clark on "McIntyre in the Morning" on KABC-AM

October 26, 2007
transcript by Reg NYC

Doug McIntyre: A well known American who's dedicated his life to public service. He was in the United States Army for 34 years, rose to the rank of Four-Star General as NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and also served in Vietnam, ran for President of the United States and is a published author. His new book A Time To Lead: For Duty, Honor, and Country is in the stores. It's a pleasure to welcome back to the show General Wesley Clark. Good morning General Clark. How are you?

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Good morning. Just fine, thank you.

Doug McIntyre: Thanks for being with us. Appreciate it. This is an interesting memoir, because while it tells your life story, it really is as much about the future as it is about the past.

General Wesley Clark on Voice of America

September 29, 2007
Transcription by Melange

Voiceover: Press Conference USA on VOA News Now. Newsmakers from American and around the world speak journalists in an unscripted and unrehearsed discussion about the critical issues facing the United States and the world. Here’s your host on this edition of Press Conference USA, Carol Castiel.

Judith Latham: Welcome to Press Conference USA on VOA News Now. I’m Judith Latham, sitting in for Carol Castiel. Joining me on the panel today is VOA Newsroom Correspondent Meredith Buel, former Bureau Chief in Islamabad and Jerusalem who is a specialist in the Middle East and South Asia. The United States today faces the challenge of two simultaneous wars – in Iraq and Afghanistan plus a constant terrorist threat. The results of last year’s congressional election indicated that the American public wants a change in the course set by the current administration. And recent polls suggest that about two-thirds of the US electorate is critical of the conduct of the war in Iraq. In a book published just this month: A Time to Lead: for Duty, Honor and Country, the 4-star general who formerly served as NATO Supreme Allied Commander – Europe, offers the reader his lessons in leadership that works at this critical juncture in his nation’s history.

The Next War

It's always looming. But has our military learned the right lessons from this one to fight it and win?

By Wesley K. Clark

Washington Post | Sunday, September 16, 2007; B01

Testifying before Congress last week, Gen. David H. Petraeus appeared commanding, smart and alive to the challenges that his soldiers face in Iraq. But he also embodied what the Iraq conflict has come to represent: an embattled, able, courageous military at war, struggling to maintain its authority and credibility after 4 1/2 years of a "cakewalk" gone wrong.

Petraeus will not be the last general to find himself explaining how a military intervention has misfired and urging skeptical lawmakers to believe that the mission can still be accomplished. For the next war is always looming, and so is the urgent question of whether the U.S. military can adapt in time to win it.

Today, the most likely next conflict will be with Iran, a radical state that America has tried to isolate for almost 30 years and that now threatens to further destabilize the Middle East through its expansionist aims, backing of terrorist proxies such as the Lebanese group Hezbollah and Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank, and far-reaching support for radical Shiite militias in Iraq. As Iran seems to draw closer to acquiring nuclear weapons, almost every U.S. leader -- and would-be president -- has said that it simply won't be permitted to reach that goal.

Think another war can't happen? Think again. Unchastened by the Iraq fiasco, hawks in Vice President Cheney's office have been pushing the use of force. It isn't hard to foresee the range of military options that policymakers face.