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(Photo: AP)
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Age: 62
Born: December 23, 1944; Chicago, Ill.
Education: B.S. West Point Military Academy, 1966; M.A. Oxford University, 1968, M.A. Command and General Staff College (CGSC), 1975
Military: U.S. Army 1966-2000
Family: Married (Gertrude Kingston); one child
Hometown: Little Rock, Ark.
Religion: Catholic
Career: Chairman and CEO, Wesley K. Clark and Associates, 2003-present; Military Analyst, CNN, 2001-2003; Supreme Allied Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1997-2000; Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1994-96; various military assignments, 1968-1996
Clark graduated first in his class at West Point and went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
He served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. As a company commander, his unit was involved in a firefight and Clark was shot four times. He received both the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.
Clark held the position of Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO during the Kosovo War. He ordered bombings against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999.
Clark was a candidate for president in 2004, announcing his candidacy in mid-September 2003, later than many of the other candidates. He withdrew from the race on February 11, 2004.
In January 2007, in an Op-Ed piece written in The Independent, Clark said President Bush’s surge plan in Iraq would, "put more American troops in harm's way, further undercut US forces' morale, and risk further alienation of elements of the Iraqi populace."
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