General Wesley Clark on MSNBC
April 17. 2008
Transcript by Reg NYC
Andrea Mitchell: Today, Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Pennsylvania. This afternoon, just about an hour, she will be meeting with families at Haverford College on the mainline. Last night she was debating Barack Obama, and she promised as President she would bring the U.S. troops home from Iraq no matter what her Generals said.
(on tape)
Hillary Clinton: I have been convinced and very clear that I will begin to withdraw troops within 60 days. And we've had other instances in our history where some military commanders have been very publicly opposed to what a President was proposing to do. But I think it's important that this decision be made and I intend to make it.
Charlie Gibson: But Senator Clinton, aren't you saying, I mean, General Petraeus was in Washington - you both were there when he testified - saying that the gains in Iraq are fragile and are reversible. Are you essentially saying, 'I know better than the military commanders' here?
Hillary Clinton: No, what I'm saying Charlie is that no one can predict what will happen. There are many different scenarios.
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Andrea Mitchell: Retired Four-Star Army General Wesley Clark is an MSNBC military analyst. He is supporting Hillary Clinton for President. Good to see you, General.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Thank you, Andrea.
Andrea Mitchell: Okay so, go back to when you were NATO Commander and you were in charge of the war in Kosovo, how would you feel if the Commander in Chief said, 'No, General, we're withdrawing. We're pulling our forces out,' even if you said, 'It's fragile. It's going to reverse. It's not secure'?
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