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 Wesley
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the Iowa Daily Report
December 1-15, 2003
Clark offers $30 billion to fight aids
Wesley Clark campaigning in
Florida on World Aids Day is going to propose $30
billion to fight aids. You guessed it -- paid for
by repealing Bush’s tax cuts. He would also
provide financial incentives for pharmaceutical
companies working on vaccines for AIDS, malaria
and tuberculosis -- diseases that
disproportionately affect people in developing
countries. The NY Times reports that Clark’s plan
gives control of the money to international
organizations:
Unlike the president's plan, which directs most
financing through agencies controlled in part by
the United States, General Clark's proposal would
provide "a large majority" of the money to
international organizations like the Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.
(12/1/2003)
The Third Jewish candidate
Wesley Clark who recently
learned of his Jewish heritage found it was
beneficial as he campaigned in Lieberman’s Florida
country. His appearance was so well attended that
it put in doubt Lieberman’s vulnerability in the
state. The Miami Herald reported a huge crowd
formed in a Jewish center to listen to Clark as he
expressed some news that the community might not
agree with:
He called the Bush administration's approach to
the Middle East ''halfhearted,'' and said he
supports Israel's right to establish security
through preemptive strikes.
But as for the fence being constructed by Israel
in the West Bank, Clark cautioned that ''you've
got to be very mindful'' of the Palestinians'
rights.
''You don't want to construct a fence that's going
to be prejudicial to the ultimate ability to
resolve the problem through negotiations,'' he
said. (12/2/2003)
Clark’s hazing
The Manchester
Union Leader reports on Wesley Clark being
rescued from a locker at West Point:
Here’s something you may not know about retired
Gen. Wesley Clark and Exeter Selectman Lionel
Ingram — Ingram once rescued Clark from inside a
locker.
Of course, that was before Ingram was a selectman
and Clark a general and Presidential candidate.
(12/2/2003)
Clark’s new ad
An
Associated Press story reports on Wesley
Clark’s new TV ad in New Hampshire:
In the 30-second spot, an announcer says that the
retired Army general “fought for better schools
and better health care for those he led because it
was the right thing to do.”
Bill Buck, a Clark spokesman in New Hampshire,
said the ad refers to Clark’s work as Supreme
Allied Commander of NATO, when his duties included
overseeing a school system in Europe for soldiers
and their families and ensuring they had adequate
medical benefits. (12/2/2003)
I have a plan
Wesley Clark, playing to the
sympathies and fear of New Hampshire families of
National Guard troops, criticized Bush for the
call up of troops:
“This weekend, more than 500 members of three New
Hampshire National Guard units received
mobilization orders -- the largest mobilization of
New Hampshire units since the end of World War II.
This is one record we shouldn't try to break. Once
again, the Administration shows it is moving in
the wrong direction in Iraq… How can this
Administration continue sending more American men
and women to Iraq when they still don't have a
plan to get our troops out?" said General Clark.
"The White House cannot balance this war on the
backs of our reservists and National Guard troops.
We need a strategy to clean up the mess in Iraq.
Mr. Bush does not have one. I do."
(12/3/2003)
He has supporters
Senator Brian A. Joyce serving
his fourth term in the Massachusetts Senate,
representing the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
district, has endorsed Wesley Clark’s campaign.
(12/3/2003)
Clark’s fumbling on Cuban embargo
The Miami Herald covers Wesley
Clark’s Monday visit and his differing position on
the Cuban embargo from those his opponents. He
came just short of saying he would lift the
embargo, but clearly would engage Cuba in some
sort of commerce and exchange. The more revealing
aspect was the follow-up -- with the campaign
trying to clarify Clark’s position:
''If Gen. Clark wanted to play politics with this
issue, it would have been very easy to do, but he
chose not to do that,'' said James Rubin, a former
State Department spokesman in the Clinton
administration who is Clark's senior foreign
policy advisor.
Clark's strategists add that the candidate feels
no obligation to elaborate beyond broad themes to
address specifics such as the controversial ''wet
foot-dry foot'' immigration policy that allows
Cubans to remain in the United States if they
reach ground before being caught by the Coast
Guard.
''He doesn't need to spell out his positions on
everything just to show people that he's thought
through foreign policy issues,'' Rubin said. ``If
you're someone else who's never dealt with foreign
affairs, you might feel you need to show people
your full-throated view.'' (12/3/2003)
Clark learns about education
Wesley Clark campaigned in New
Hampshire by visiting a preschool. Clark has
proposed a plan, which calls for $20 billion over
10 years to expand Head Start and $50 billion to
help states improve preschool programs. The goal
is to provide universal preschool access to all
4-year-olds. Clark seemed to be gathering
information about the program and offered few
details about his own plan according to a story in
the Manchester
Union Leader:
“I’m not going to get into the details because
educational specialists have to sit down and look
at this,” Clark said. “It’s a question of how do
you put together a structure that encourages all
of these preschools who are doing early childhood
development to meet common standards and interface
those standards with what they’re teaching where
public schools begin.”
Howard Dean, who leads by 30
percentage points in New Hampshire, has outbid
Clark’s proposal. Dean plan calls for $110 billion
over 10 years to fully fund Head Start, double
enrollment in Early Head Start. (12/4/2003)
Turnaround Tour for America
For five days, beginning next
Monday, Clark will focus on a distinct domestic
issue, discuss how America has gone wrong, and
present a plan for turning the problem around.
Clark will set forth specific goals, so that the
public and the press will have a yardstick by
which to measure his success.
On Monday, during an RV tour of
New Hampshire, Clark will focus on the economy.
On Tuesday, the second day of
the tour, Clark will discuss the environment.
On Wednesday, Clark's final day
on the RV, he will concentrate on family income.
On Thursday, in New York City,
Clark will offer his ideas for children.
Finally, on Friday, in
Tennessee, Clark will explain his health care
goals.
"Every step of the way," Clark
said, "I will set out clear goals, so that, as
president, the American people can hold me
accountable." (12/4/2003)
Lifting steel tariffs
Clark
"President Bush still has no
strategy to help the 2.6 million manufacturing
workers who have lost their jobs. We need a real
strategy to help our manufacturing communities,"
Clark said. "That's why I've released a detailed
Manufacturing Security Plan to jump-start the
manufacturing sector and keep jobs from being
shipped overseas."
General Clark's plan will help
all manufacturing firms, including the vital steel
and auto industries, by providing up to $10,000 in
tax credits for each additional full-time employee
they hire, ending incentives to ship jobs
overseas, and controlling the rising costs of
health care coverage. (12/5/2003)
Clark in New Hampshire
Wesley Clark campaigned at
Daniel Webster College. He denied that he was ever
for the war or a Republican and said that he never
flip-flopped on the war. He also restated that
NATO should take over Iraq, according to the
Manchester
Union Leader:
Clark said he would “end the American monopoly” on
the Iraq occupation by handing over authority to
NATO, something Clark said some people tend to
wave off as unrealistic.
“Excuse me, but I think if you change
administrations, we might be able to work better
with our allies,” he told the crowd, which
applauded the sentiment.
Clark further recommended ending the search for
weapons of mass destruction and reducing America’s
role proportionally in Iraq. However, when pressed
by reporters after his speech, Clark said he did
not have enough information to say whether he
would place more or fewer U.S. troops in Iraq or
when he would pull them out of the country
altogether.
The
NY Times reporting about the speech indicates
that Clark said he had a plan for Iraq but
wouldn’t share it with the reporters when
questioned latter. He also criticized the
President’s trip to Iraq:
General Clark had previously praised President
Bush for visiting the troops. But on Thursday, he
said that if he were to make such a trip as
president, "I'll actually be going over there to
have consultations with the people that are
there." (12/5/2003)
Clark on mercury
According to a recent newspaper
report, the Bush Administration is looking for
ways to loosen regulations on mercury emissions at
power plants.
"This is unbelievable," said Wes Clark. "We've got
mercury in our air, mercury in our water, and
mercury in our food - and too many Americans,
especially children and pregnant women, are at
risk. This is just another example of how this
Administration is committed to dismantling
environmental protections, one regulation at a
time. Giving power plants free reign to pollute
our country and poison our citizens doesn't
protect our environment - it protects our special
interests."
New Hampshire has one of the
highest concentrations of mercury pollution in New
England, which puts its children at an
unacceptably high risk for birth defects.
"Reducing mercury emission and contamination is
top priority of my environmental agenda," Clark
said. (12/6/2003)
Bush is the problem
Wesley Clark said that New
Hampshire’s faltering bond rating is Bush’s fault:
"We recently learned that the state of New
Hampshire will have to lower its bond rating
because of faltering state revenues. As a result,
the state must pay higher interest on the money it
borrows to pay for vital investment and social
services. This will lead to higher taxes for New
Hampshire families. This is just one more example
of how New Hampshire families are footing the bill
for Bush's irresponsible tax cuts for the rich… My
Job Creation Plan includes a State and Local Tax
Rebate Fund that would provide $177 million over
two years to New Hampshire, helping alleviate the
fiscal distress facing states like New Hampshire
without having to increase taxes on hard-working
families." (12/6/2003)
Clark turnaround?
A
Boston Globe story entertains the idea that
Wesley Clark may be turning his campaign around:
If Clark ends up going to the White House, these
past two weeks might mark the start of the
turnaround. His response to the Republican Party's
latest ads -- "I'm not attacking the president
because he's attacking terrorists; I'm attacking
him because he isn't attacking terrorists" --
popped up on television screens throughout the
country. His latest stump speeches have drawn a
positive response from crowds. And polls in New
Hampshire this week registered a small but
definite uptick.
"Someone's going to end up being the opposition to
Dean," said pollster Dick Bennett, president of
the Manchester-based American Research Group. "I'm
tending to think that it may be Clark."
(12/6/2003)
Clark: Pearl Harbor
Wesley Clark comments on
remembering Pearl Harbor:
"I want to mention that today is Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day. Today, I laid a wreath at Hampton
National Cemetery in Virginia.
"Every year, on the anniversary of the Pearl
Harbor attack, I stop to think about the
sacrifices of the people who wore the uniform
before me. It was on the shoulders of those
soldiers and sailors that I stood during my 34
years of service. The whole country is eternally
indebted to them for the legacy of freedom they
left behind.
"That's why we must never neglect our veterans or
our soldiers. No veteran should be forced to wait
for medical attention. And our fighting men and
women deserve fair and prompt pay, the best health
care and the best base schools for their
families." (12/7/2003)
Clark teacher endorsement
The Arkansas Education
Association today voted to endorse General Wesley
Clark for president of the United States. General
Clark met with state education leaders to discuss
the issues facing teachers today-and his ideas for
tomorrow. AEA Board members emerged from the
meeting confident that General Clark is the best
candidate to move America's public education
system forward. (12/7/2003)
Clark: goals, no details
Wesley Clark continues to offer
goals that sound too good to be true -- like the
one of increasing every American family’s income
by $3,000 by the end of his term -- but again, he
gives no details or plans on just how he’ll
accomplish that goal.. Clark, campaigning in
Missouri, offered the following:
* Raising family income by $3,000 a year by the
end of his first term.
* Strengthening environmental laws with the goal
of preventing 100,000 premature deaths a year over
12 years.
* Sending 1 million more students to college while
keeping tuition under control.
* Helping 2 million children move out of the ranks
of the poor.
* Broadening health care coverage to an additional
30 million people. (12/7/2003)
Florida Dem Convention:
I’d rather be in Iowa or New
Hampshire
Democrat candidates for
President gathered in Buena Vista, Florida for
their party’s state convention and preached to
over 4,000 of the faithful. The state’s Democrats
are still bruised from the recount and subsequent
loss to George Bush. They are also upset over the
loss of the straw poll and the $100,000 per
candidate they were going to collect for allowing
the candidates on the straw poll ballot. In
addition, the state’s influence in choosing a
candidate is nearly zip -- the state’s March 9th
primary date is so late that a one of the
candidates will already have the delegate-count
needed to secure the nomination.
Howard Dean once again showed
that he is the candidate with money and
organization. Dean’s union friends helped him pack
the convention hall. Dean shelled out $50,000 to
the Florida Democrat Party so he could receive
special treatment. The real cost for Dean in
Florida is probably more in the $100,000 range.
For the $50,000 price tag, Dean's staff were able
to hold campaign-training seminars for their
supporters. None of the other candidates made as
much effort. Dean’s campaign was also able to
practice their National Democrat Convention
technique by staging a made-for-television arrival
on the convention stage. Hundreds of supporters
screamed his name, waved signs, blew whistles,
carried banners and delayed the start of his
speech with a 10-minute demonstration.
Away from the stage-managed
events, Clark and Dean both struggled a bit during
their news conferences. Clark, who has praised
President Bush and attended a GOP fund-raiser, was
repeatedly asked why he did not complain about the
2000 election before he became a Democratic
candidate for president.
Florida recount – sound bytes
from the candidates:
"We had more votes. We won," North Carolina Sen.
John Edwards said.
"I never thought the frontline for democracy would
be the United States in the beautiful state of
Florida," former Gen. Wesley Clark said.
"Florida is the place where America's democracy
was wounded," Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said.
(12/7/2003)
Feb. 3rd hopes
The
NY Times caries a story about how John
Edwards, Wesley Clark and Joe Lieberman are now
pinning their hopes on the Super Seven Feb. 3rd
primary. However, most agree if Dean has blow-outs
in Iowa and New Hampshire then the Feb. 3rd round
is probably mute. (12/7/2003)
Clark’s theme week
This is the week that Wesley
Clark spends each day promoting his “Turnaround
For America Plan.” Clark offers a state by state
goal for family income, clean air, college
enrollment, child poverty and health insurance.
Most of his week will be in New Hampshire.
(12/8/2003)
Death Penalty
The
Boston Globe has an article on how Democrats
are changing their stripes on the death penalty:
All six upper-tier candidates are on record as
supporting at least some application of the death
penalty. Moreover, four were opponents who have
modified their views -- Howard Dean, John F.
Kerry, Joseph I. Lieberman, and John Edwards.
Richard A. Gephardt has been a consistent death
penalty supporter, and Wesley K. Clark initially
said after joining the race in September that he
backed a moratorium on executions, but has voiced
support of capital punishment as a punishment
option for "the most heinous crimes."
The three Democrats who steadfastly oppose the
death penalty are all lower-tier candidates in the
polls -- Dennis J. Kucinich, Carol Moseley Braun,
and the Rev. Al Sharpton. All three have said they
would seek to abolish capital punishment.
(12/8/2003)
Clark on Hardball
Wesley Clark took his turn on
MSNBC Hard Ball with Chris Matthews and
continued to stress his military credentials. He
stated that his campaign should not be the measure
of his leadership as a campaign is an art form and
is not representative of governing. He disagreed
with Howard Dean’s statement that President Bush
was tipped off by the Saudis about 9/11. But Clark
remained critical of the President with his bait
and switch campaign line regarding our involvement
in Iraq:
“Well,
I went through the halls of the Pentagon. I’d only
-- it must have been within a couple of weeks
after 9/11. And I had been on CNN almost every
day. I had been down in Atlanta and so forth. And
I still felt like a military guy. You know, still
looked at my sleeve, I wanted that big black
stripe for general officer on there. And it felt
funny, because the people -- everybody that was
going to be engaged in it, of course, I’d worked
with them all…. So I went through the Pentagon and
just kind of wanted to check in and make sure the
stuff I was saying was about right in terms of
what they could tell me about the intel and about
their perceptions and so forth. I didn’t want to
divulge any classified information, but just to
sort of calibrate…. And so I went in to see
Secretary Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz was there.
And I went downstairs, and a guy said, sir, come
in here. And I said, I don’t want to take up your
time. He says, no, you need to hear this. He said,
have you heard the joke? I said no, I haven’t.
What joke? He said “9/11, Saddam Hussein, if he
didn’t do it, too bad, he should have. Because
we’re going to get him anyway.” Of course, it
wasn’t a joke. It wasn’t funny. And he didn’t tell
it to me to make me laugh.” (12/9/2003)
Clark critical of Medicare bill
This morning, Bush signed a
Medicare bill that will bar beneficiaries from
buying Medigap-insurance to cover their share of
prescription drug costs. Wesley Clark’s campaign
is reportedly critical of the bill, stating:
"The more we find out about this drug bill, the
worse it sounds for seniors. Barring seniors from
buying Medigap will leave them with big holes in
their drug coverage," Clark Campaign Advisor Chris
Lehane said. "This bill might make it easier for
Bush to finance his campaign, but its hidden
provisions will make it much more difficult for
many seniors to finance their health care… The
bill wastes precious resources on new health care
tax shelters. It does more to serve the special
interests than the interests of seniors.”
Says Clark, I invite seniors everywhere to join me
in fighting for a prescription drug benefit that
fixes these flaws and provides comprehensive,
meaningful and affordable benefits for all
seniors." (12/9/2003)
Clark: investigate Bush
The
Boston Globe reports on Wesley Clark’s
increasingly harsh rhetoric against President
Bush:
"Now, we know who did 9/11," Clark told a roomful
of business people at a law firm in Portsmouth,
saying the Bush administration should be
investigated for its actions prior to the attacks.
Bush, he said, is "responsible for our
preparation, our defense, and that's the issue. .
. . This was a president who was in charge in this
country for almost nine months, and failed" to
defend the country.
Clark's remarks, among his sharpest critiques of
Bush, were delivered as his campaign has stepped
up its rhetoric. At other points yesterday, Clark
referred to Bush as "a reckless, radical, and
heartless leader" and said the war in Iraq "casts
doubts on his competence as a commander in chief."
Later, Clark elaborated on his 9/11 criticism,
saying that President Clinton's former national
security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, had warned the
Bush administration about the dangers of bin Laden
but that Bush spent his first nine months in
office focusing on Russia rather than the Al Qaeda
leader.
"What he should have done is put the priority on
dealing with the threat that was facing America,"
Clark said. "Apparently, he didn't."
(12/10/2003)
Clark’s new attribution
The
New York Times catches Clark re-attributing a
remark he uses on the trail from Gore originally,
to Clinton. The former line: “‘Al Gore used to
say, “Everything that should be going up is going
down, and everything that should be going down is
going up.”’ On Tuesday, the retired general
attributed the same remark to Mr. Clinton. ‘People
told me that Bill Clinton said it,’ he explained
to reporters. ‘That’s where it came from, as far
as I know. Al Gore said it, too, and Al Gore made
it into a big thing. But today I thought I’d give
credit to President Clinton on this.’” –First
read (12/10/2003)
Clark – Young endorsement
It is the week for the endorsement
game. Civil Rights activist Ambassador Andrew
Young is likely to endorse Clark today when the
two are in S. Carolina. According to the
Associated Press spokesman for Clark made the
following statement:
Clark campaign spokesman Chris
Lehane called Young "a man of impeccable
credentials, a statesman, a pioneer, an advocate
for economic opportunity. Simply put his life is a
great American story and General Clark will be
with him on Dec. 21. But beyond that, we can't
comment on what we're going to discuss."
(12/11/2003)
Clark on Haliburton
Today, General Wesley Clark said,
"I'm one of those people who doesn't believe in
occupying countries to extract their natural
resources. I think you buy them on the world
market. We need a success strategy for Iraq that
will end the American occupation by putting an
international organization in place, have United
States forces report through NATO, and work to
turn this problem back to the Iraqis."
Clark Advisor Chris Lehane added,
"George W. Bush's rewarding of campaign
contributor Halliburton makes it clear for all to
see that he is of big oil, for big oil, and 'buy'
big oil. At the end of the day, he's putting the
special interests before our national interests.
General Clark is campaigning on a New American
Patriotism to put the national interests before
the special interests. (12/11/2003)
At the scene of the accident
Rep. Charles Rangel and Wesley
Clark cited his record of supporting affirmative
action in the armed forces at a rally in Harlem on
Thursday as evidence that he deserves the support
of black voters. The two were at the site of the
Al Gore endorsement of Howard Dean. The rally was
used by Rangel, a Korean War veteran who for
months has backed Clark in the Democratic contest,
to officially endorse Clark. It was also an
opportunity for Rangel to stick Dean and Gore
about coming into his district for their
announcement:
"What I did hear was, that Dean and Gore told the
cabbie to 'take us to Harvard,' and he dropped
them off in Harlem instead," Rangel said.
(12/11/2003)
Clark calls Bill Clinton
Wesley Clark called Bill Clinton
as soon as he learned of Al Gore's move to endorse
Howard Dean. Clark described the call this way:
"I called him the other night after the Gore
endorsement, more or less just to call and say,
`Hello. You still there?' He said, `What do you
say about it?' I said, `I don't pay any attention
to endorsements unless they're for me.' He said,
`That's exactly right.' " (12/12/2003)
Clark to testify
Wesley Clark is breaking from
his presidential campaign on Saturday to travel to
the Netherlands to testify in closed session at
the U.N. war crimes trial of former Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic.
.The Democratic candidate, who as
supreme commander of NATO led the 1999 bombing
campaign to drive Milosevic out of Kosovo, arrives
in Amsterdam on Sunday and is scheduled to testify
for several hours the following morning at The
Hague. Clark will continue his testimony on
Tuesday against the deposed leader. His testimony
will not immediately be available, because of
security questions. (12/12/2003)
Clark opens Hispanic front
Building on growing nationwide
grass roots support and the support of Hispanic
and Latino leaders including Jose Villarreal,
Ambassador Ed Romero, and Dr. Arturo Valenzuela,
retired Wesley Clark announced the kick-off of an
ambitious Hispanic/Latino outreach program. This
program will have two primary components:
·
The first component is the creation
of the Clark Hispanic/Latino Action Team (CHAT),
which will include Hispanics/Latinos in every
aspect of the Clark for President Campaign. CHAT
is a national network that consists of Clark
Campaign staffers and grass root volunteers
representing the various components of the
campaign including the Political, Communications,
Finance, Technology, Community Outreach and
Volunteer departments.
·
The second component is the
establishment of committees that integrate the
insight and expertise of Hispanic/Latino leaders
from the local, state and national levels into the
various components of the campaign.
"Now, more than ever, our leaders must listen to
the important and unique voices of the
Hispanic/Latino community when shaping our
national goals," said Clark, "I have seen what can
be accomplished when the doors of opportunity are
fully opened to all."
The desire to create this
grassroots program was initiated by the
overwhelming outpouring of support from the
Hispanic Community for General Clark nationwide.
Recently, prominent leaders have endorsed the
General and have committed to working tirelessly
to get him elected.
"I quizzed General Clark on
issues related to immigration reform, relations
with Mexico and Latin America, his vision for an
America with an ever increasing Hispanic
population, our nation's reputation and standing
in the world and the enormous challenges facing
Latinos in the areas of education, health care,
housing and economic opportunity. His answers were
responsive, unambiguous, and forward-thinking,"
said Jose Villarreal of San Antonio who worked for
the Clinton Administration.
General Emilio Diaz Colon
commented, "General Clark follows through on his
promises. I met him when he was the commander of
Southcom. I witnessed his profound concern for the
welfare of Hispanic and Latino soldiers and the
communities of Central and South America. He
immediately sought to develop strong communication
channels to find practical solutions in the armed
forces and in the communities of Latin America."
CHAT will use the Internet and
offline mediums to convey the General's message
and vision nationwide. Local members will host
"Meet Up" gatherings with Hispanics/Latinos to
discuss why General Clark is the best candidate
for President. In addition, CHAT will work to
ensure that Hispanic/Latino issues are key
priorities for the Clark campaign.
"General Clark is clearly
committed to the Hispanic/Latino community. Las
acciones hablan más fuerte que palabras. [Actions
speak louder than words]. Wes Clark's commitment
to tap into the Hispanic/Latino community to best
understand and represent our needs is what makes
him the candidate of choice for our community,"
said Kety Esquivel, Director of Hispanic/Latino
Outreach for the Clark Campaign. (12/12/2003)
- “It seems to me that all
of the concerns that I have voiced about Iraq
remain. I stand by every concern,"
Wesley Clark
said.
- "I could not be prouder of the
men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces for
capturing this horrible despot. This is a
testament to their courage and determination. I'd
also like to congratulate Lt. General Sanchez and
the intelligence community for the crucial role
they played. We've been due good news from Iraq
and the world is a safer and better place now that
he is in custody." Wesley Clark.
(12/15/2003)
Clark testifies against Milosevich
Wesley Clark testified against
former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic at the
Hague at the on going two year war crimes trial.
Clark held more than 100 hours of negotiations
with Milosevic. The negotiations with the Yugoslav
leader were an attempt to halt his crackdown on
ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo. Clark
latter directed the alliance bombing campaign
against Serbia. Clark also served as military
adviser to U.S. Balkans envoy and former
ambassador Richard Holbrooke who negotiated the
1995 Dayton Accords that ended the war in Bosnia.
(12/15/2003)
Clark: death penalty an option
Wesley Clark said that the death
penalty should be an option for Saddam Hussein,
following his testimony at the Hague against
Slobodan Milosevic. "I think the Hague is one of
the venues that has to be considered. I think all
options must be on the table," Clark said. He
urged U.S. occupation authorities in Iraq to
"consult broadly" before deciding how to try
Hussein and said "all punishments must be on the
table; nothing should be excluded. (12/15/2003)
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